Articles
External links to articles Douglas Murray has written for various publications
How Sinn Fein got away with murder
One of the great mysteries of Ireland is how a people famous for remembering everything can have forgotten so much
Can hurt feelings trump free speech?
Douglas Murray reviews What Snowflakes Get Right: Free Speech, Truth and Equality on Campus by Ulrich Baer
How low can the BBC go?
Last weekend’s papers claimed that the government desires a ‘massively pruned back’ BBC.
Society is in thrall to the mad and bad orthodoxies of the liberal Left
Green and trans extremists are creating powerful new religions
Martyr for free speech: Jordan Peterson is the professor vilified by the Left for his crusade against political correctness.
Now he’s seriously ill, his close friend DOUGLAS MURRAY reveals the very high price he’s paid.
Why I’ll never become an MP
Every now and then someone asks me if I have ever thought of becoming an MP. My response tends to be a laugh so deranged that the question answers itself.
The unspeakable life of John Bercow
In his autobiography, the former speaker reveals himself to be an embittered avatar of ambition
Where are all the conservative thinkers who should be rebalancing public life?
We are coming to the end of almost a decade of Conservative-majority rule in the UK. And what do we have to show for it?
Starbucks’ new charity associations leave a bitter taste in the mouth
Starbucks have come up with this particular tooth-rotter in the name of something they present sweetly. Purchase a “mermaids cookie” and a full 50p will be given by Starbucks to the charity Mermaids.
The danger, and hope, of the European Right
This week’s National Conservatism conference in Rome brought together the continent’s leading nationalist thinkers. What should we make of them?
Four defences of free speech that everyone should read
Every generation, and individual, has to rediscover the arguments for free speech for themselves. Some people learn from major incidents. Some when the censors come for someone close to them, or an opinion that they hold.
Why I’m standing by my old enemy Selina Todd
Most people won’t have heard of Selina Todd. The only reason I had was because some years ago the BBC invited me to appear alongside her on one of those slots that used to be for intellectual discussion.