The terrifying parable of Laurence Fox’s Question Time appearance
In what turned out to be the last year of his life, Roger Scruton often mulled on the nature and…
Roger Scruton: A man who seemed bigger than the age
Sir Roger Scruton has died. Diagnosed with cancer last summer, he passed away peacefully on Sunday surrounded by his family.…
Coffee House Top 10: The Scruton tapes: an anatomy of a modern hit job
We’re closing 2019 by republishing our ten most-read articles of the year. Here’s No. 3: Douglas Murray on the shameful…
Labour’s anti-Semitism shame must never be forgiven
Sometime around the start of this decade, before anti-Semitism was as cool as it has become, I was standing on…
The failed lessons of the London Bridge attack
Some readers have been asking me to comment on the latest London Bridge terrorism incident. And if I have some…
Clive James: a tribute
Clive James died last weekend at his home, surrounded by his family, after a long illness. The poet, writer, critic…
Holly Rigby and the ignorance of the Corbynistas
One of the few advantages of going on television or radio is that in time you meet all the leading…
What the BBC doesn’t understand about gay voters
In my latest book, ‘The Madness of Crowds’ (copies of which can be found in all remaining [not remainder] bookstores,…
How I was ambushed by Nick Robinson
Ah, the BBC. There’s really nothing like it is there? This morning I had the pleasure of appearing on BBC…
On black privilege
Discussions of ‘privilege’ have become one of the themes of this age. In a short space of time, the obsession…
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…
MPs and the outrage game
It was never clear what this Parliament was going to do if it was no longer prorogued. For three years…
The white lies of the gay press
Readers may be unaware that I have a new book out this week (which readers might purchase from Amazon or…
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…
James O’Brien and the Carl Beech witch-hunt
There is an awful lot going on at present. But there is something that happened recently that I should like…
Any type of Brexit is better than no Brexit at all
It’s a strange beast, the internet. On Monday night, I was slightly reluctantly dragged onto Newsnight to discuss Brexit. Attentive…
Roger Scruton gets his job back
Roger Scruton has been reappointed as head of a government housing body after he was sacked in April following a magazine interview…
Is Boris wrong to claim Islam set the Muslim world back?
I do love the Guardian. As the years go by almost no publication continues to give me such constant amusement.…
The three unanswered questions from the Roger Scruton hit job
The New Statesman has apologised to Sir Roger Scruton. In a statement published on its website, the magazine has admitted that in April this…
Billy Connolly and the death of free speech
I hope readers will forgive me for returning to a subject I addressed here recently. It was a reflection on the…
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