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Douglas MurrayThe Spectator |
I have spent part of the past week thinking about imposter syndrome, and how we might be able to give it to more people. In an interview this week,...
It’s hard to hold anyone responsible for anything today in British politics. That’s because no sooner have the facts emerged than everybody in...
It’s hard to hold anyone responsible for anything today in British politics. That’s because no sooner have the facts emerged than everybody in...
I don’t know if you remember that old saw: ‘Always speak ill of the dead.’ I don’t recall being brought up with it myself, but a number of our...
I don’t know if you remember that old saw: ‘Always speak ill of the dead.’ I don’t recall being brought up with it myself, but a number of our...
In January this year Dominic Cummings – once of this parish – warned The Spectator’s editor and assistant editor that Whitehall and the...
There were many reasons why 2016 was a strange year. One of them was the halfhearted effort by people on both sides of the Atlantic to try to...
Once again the question occurs: “Why do they want it?” Keir Starmer held a very important role in the legal profession before entering parliament,...
Once again the question occurs: ‘Why do they want it?’ Keir Starmer held a very important role in the legal profession before entering parliament,...
What are the circumstances in which it is right to smash up a building? When might one justifiably destroy an artwork? And what are the conditions...
What are the circumstances in which it is right to smash up a building? When might one justifiably destroy an artwork? And what are the conditions...
I get the sense that the political and media class badly miss Katie Hopkins. Back when the reality TV star was still a regular on our screens and in...
I wonder how many readers have ever heard of the name Kriss Donald? The young Glaswegian was just 15 years old in 2004 when he was kidnapped by a...
What would you say if your spouse bought a luxury campervan? I know what I would say – something along the lines of: ‘Get that thing away from me....
What would you say if your spouse bought a luxury campervan? I know what I would say – something along the lines of: ‘Get that thing away from me....
The Labour party seems to have ignored the advice I gave it in last week’s column, and so we are going to be treated to one of those down-market...
I have spent the past week marvelling at the behaviour of our commentating class. They seem to have whipped themselves back into that familiar frenzy...
There are many ways to do nothing. One is to sit on your hands; another is to call for ‘a conversation’. I have noticed quite a lot of calls for...
Last Saturday evening, the American media class descended for its annual jamboree of back-slapping at the Washington Hilton. Protesters outside waved...
Last Saturday evening, the American media class descended for its annual jamboree of back-slapping at the Washington Hilton. Protesters outside waved...
Last Saturday evening, the American media class descended for its annual jamboree of back-slapping at the Washington Hilton. Protestors outside waved...
Willie Donaldson, who died in 2005, has a claim to having had the best obituary sub-heading of any writer I know. ‘Wykehamist pimp, crack fiend and...
The bombing of the Revolutionary government in Iran is drawing comparisons with the war in Iraq. But the comparisons are with the wrong war. In 1981...
The bombing of the Revolutionary government in Iran is drawing comparisons with the war in Iraq. But the comparisons are with the wrong war. In 1981...
The bombing of the Revolutionary government in Iran is drawing comparisons with the war in Iraq. But the comparisons are with the wrong war. In 1981...
There has been so much news of late that stories which might once have caused a splash have sailed by all but unnoticed. One in particular seems...
There has been so much news of late that stories which might once have caused a splash have sailed by all but unnoticed. One in particular seems...
I have spent a small portion of the past week wondering what I would do if I thought communists were about to take over our country. At the more civil...
During the Cold War I am fairly certain that films, TV dramas and other popular entertainment did not remain silent on the threat posed by the...
During the Cold War I am fairly certain that films, TV dramas and other popular entertainment did not remain silent on the threat posed by the...
Some years ago I was approached by someone from a platform called ‘Cameo’. Not all Spectator readers will have heard of this platform, and I...
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...
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...
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,...
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....
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