Articles
External links to articles Douglas Murray has written for various publications
The Brexit Knot
Britain now faces a great political and constitutional crisis.
Extinction Rebellion Targets London
In recent days London has been targeted by the group Extinction Rebellion (XR). They are a group who believe that all life on earth is likely to be wiped out soon thanks to mankind’s pollution of the planet.
Why do we listen to a bunch of anarchists who can’t even work a fire hose?
The activists, from Extinction Rebellion (XR), believe they know exactly what is happening to our planet and how we must tackle it, but they do not know how to operate a fire hose.
What Michael Gove really said at the German embassy
In the magazine cover piece this week I describe how institutions as well as individuals are having a hard time making it through this deranging age.
Will maths succumb to the woke wave?
Nowadays, even the hard sciences are “all relative” — and students will suffer for it.
An uncanny gift for prophecy — the genius of Michel Houellebecq
His latest novel, Serotonin, written before the gilets jaunes movement, depicts the rapid deterioration of rural France, squeezed by the EU and globalisation.
The BBC can no longer claim to be impartial
Is impartiality desirable? Is it even possible? Among journalists and broadcasters of a certain age the answer would still be “yes”. True, it was difficult. Certainly the aspiration often went unachieved. But it was something to aim for, at least.
Whatever happened to ‘publish and be damned’?
The cancelling of James Flynn’s book is another sign that much of the industry has stopped being a place for the free exchange of ideas.
MPs and the outrage game
For three years the UK Parliament has been unable to act on the 2016 referendum result. It was never clear what they were hoping to achieve if they got an extra three days, weeks or months.
The white lies of the gay press
The gay press had a purpose in the 1970s and ‘80s. It even had a purpose in the 1990s. But in the current decade what remains of it is a pointless, shrivelled husk.
James O’Brien and the other VIP child sex abuse lies
Last week I wrote here about James O’Brien of LBC. In particular, I highlighted the platform he gave to the convicted liar and paedophile Carl Beech (aka ‘Nick’).
Vacuous liberal ‘wokeness’ is now beyond parody
Our half-baked obsession with ‘diversity’ is holding us back