Are you a creative or a destructive?
There is a stage direction in The Glass Menagerie in which Tennessee Williams describes a tune that will recur through…
It’s time to cut our ties with Qatar
A friend of mine was recently doing business with the Qataris. Nothing strange there: a lot of people have in…
Does the Met know what jihad means?
Ever since the atrocities in Israel more than two weeks ago, I have had one main thought. Yes, Israel has…
Why do we allow protests that glorify slaughter?
There are times when you wonder how history happened. And other times when you realise how it did. The past…
What Shakespeare can teach us about cancel culture
The following is an edited excerpt from Douglas Murray’s lecture at the Sheldonian Theatre earlier tonight, in honour of Sir…
Britain must stand up against those who support Hamas
What happens now?
‘You are not alone’: A message to the Jewish people
I’m not Jewish myself, but most of my best friends are Jews. The reason I mention this is that, all my adult life,…
Do I have a ‘work addiction’?
What follows may suggest that I require an ‘intervention’. Readers might even interpret this column as a cry for help.…
At least Britain isn’t that corrupt
Long-time readers may recall that I take a special interest in the art of corruption. And this week America has…
Politicians can’t win on illegal migration
It is eight years now since The Spectator sent me to Lampedusa to see the boats coming in. That was…
How to buy influence in Britain
Like all hacks, I sometimes wonder whether I should just screw my self-esteem, do a Jonathan Freedland and start writing…
The delicious schadenfreude of Burning Man
If any readers are having those September, back-to-work blues perhaps I might offer them a sure-fire palliative? Just go online…
George Osborne’s midlife crisis
There should be a term in anthropology for what happens to a certain type of Tory male in middle age.…
What’s the point in being a 1 percent presidential candidate?
Who is Perry Johnson? It is a question not many American voters can answer. He has a grand total of…
Why everyone thinks they could be President
Who is Perry Johnson? It is a question not many American voters can answer. He has a grand total of…
Prince Charming is cancelled
The only strikes I really enjoy are actors’ strikes. Teachers’ strikes leave me cold. Train strikes get me into a…
Hell is the Ulez hotline
‘Only boring people get bored’ is what we were all told as children. What we were not warned about was…
Why should Vikings be diverse?
I don’t always watch ‘Strongest Viking’ competitions on cable. But the other day I was channel-hopping and became mesmerised by…
Was I right about Iraq?
Back in March there was a glut of pieces about the 2003 Iraq war. The 20th anniversary seemed to much…
Canada’s assisted dying horror story
My favourite Martin Amis novel was his 1991 book Time’s Arrow. It is a pyrotechnically brilliant work in which all…
Daniel Korski and the lives of others
The news has been coming so thick and fast of late that every week there are dozens of stories we…
French racism is not the problem
Last week we learned that a woman in a park in Skegness was dragged into the bushes and raped by…
Joe Biden is not OK
One of the most reliable standards in international comedy has long been the outstanding ineloquence of American politicians. In this…
