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Culture wars / Why is the ‘gay press’ so cowardly on Iran?

Sometimes the obvious is so obvious that people forget to state it. So let me observe one small footnote among recent obvious things. Earlier this...

12.03.2026 10

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Countryside / Do we really want our politicians to be uneducated?

The interesting thing about political pendulums is that they always over-swing. In the campaign for this week’s Gorton and Denton by-election, one...

26.02.2026 9

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Political see-saw / Britain’s right is falling into the same trap as the left

As I have suggested here before, there are few joys in life equal to that of watching the left fall out among itself. Whatever your political views,...

19.02.2026 200

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Countryside / The British should have their holy places

05.02.2026 30

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Out of the picture / The censors are winning

29.01.2026 50

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Sleeping policemen / Am I a libertarian after all?

22.01.2026 20

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Identity politics / Reform’s real race problem

15.01.2026 40

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In a trance / The young women hypnotised by Polanski

08.01.2026 10

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In a trance / The young women hypnotised by Polanski

08.01.2026 30

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Human wrongs / Alaa Abd el-Fattah and our misplaced priorities

02.01.2026 40

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Inside the intellectual dark web

14.12.2025 5

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What an Odyssey / The pleasure of not knowing

12.12.2025 10

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What an Odyssey / The pleasure of not knowing

11.12.2025 10

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What an Odyssey / The pleasure of not knowing

11.12.2025 20

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Fomo / Where was my invitation to Your Party?

04.12.2025 10

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Theatre’s tragedy / The theatre isn’t a thinktank

02.12.2025 20

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Sir Tom Stoppard: ‘I aspire to write for posterity’

Sir Tom Stoppard, the British playwright, died at his home in Dorset today aged 88. In 2019, he gave a rare in-depth interview to Douglas Murray....

29.11.2025 10

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Theatre’s tragedy / The theatre isn’t a thinktank

27.11.2025 10

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US politics / Trump’s Epstein gamble

20.11.2025 9

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Bloody Sunday / Justice in war is messy

13.11.2025 4

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New York is not the city that Mamdani pretends it is

05.11.2025 9

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Far right / Don’t fear the bogeyman

04.11.2025 10

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Far right / Don’t fear the bogeyman

04.11.2025 6

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Far right / Don’t fear the bogeyman

30.10.2025 10

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Imagine what Enoch Powell might have said

26.10.2025 10

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Understatement / Imagine what Enoch Powell might have said

23.10.2025 10

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Sick note / The pathology of politics

16.10.2025 5

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The increasing fear felt by Britain’s Jews

09.10.2025 7

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Television / The Murray Test for TV drama

04.10.2025 6

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Television / The Murray Test for TV drama

02.10.2025 8

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Sorry state / First they came for the Jews…

25.09.2025 6

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The political resurrection of Christianity

19.09.2025 10

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Losing capital / Beware the restless, shifty liars

11.09.2025 20

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Downward spiral / Can anyone save Britain from self-destruction?

04.09.2025 10

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Palestine Action / The oppression of Sally Rooney

22.08.2025 30

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Palestine Action / The oppression of Sally Rooney

21.08.2025 10

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Culture wars / Clive of India must not fall

14.08.2025 10

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Legal action / My victory over Mohammed Hijab

08.08.2025 20

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Legal action / My victory over Mohammed Hijab

07.08.2025 10

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Shadow of history / How to handle the Wagner problem

31.07.2025 10

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Neverending story / MAGA, Epstein and the paedo files

30.07.2025 10

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Neverending story / MAGA, Epstein and the paedo files

24.07.2025 10

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Neverending story / MAGA, Epstein and the paedo files

24.07.2025 8

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Drop in the ocean / The pointlessness of ‘smashing the gangs’

17.07.2025 9

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Signs of the times / My tips to avoid arrest by the Met

10.07.2025 8

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Immigration / Who really built this country?

03.07.2025 10

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The dangers of toxic femininity

27.06.2025 10

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Siren call / The dangers of toxic femininity

26.06.2025 10

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