Who is Douglas Murray
Born in 1979, Murray was educated at Eton College and Magdalene College, Oxford, where he studied English literature, history, and political philosophy.
He gained early recognition at age 19 with the publication of Bosie: A Biography of Lord Alfred Douglas, which won a Lambda Award for a gay biography in 2000. Murray is openly gay and had a long-term partner until 2018.
His published works include
Neoconservatism: Why We Need It (2006)
The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam (2017)
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity (2019)
The War on the West (2022)
On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel, Hamas and the Future of the West (2025)
Many of his books have been bestsellers and translated into multiple languages.
Murray is an/a
associate editor at The Spectator
senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute
contributing editor of City Journal
He also writes regularly for
The New York Post
National Review
The Sun
The Telegraph
The Free Press, among other publications
His journalistic work has included reporting from areas like Ukraine, Iraq, North Korea, and northern Nigeria.
He is known for challenging politicians and the media on topics such as immigration, identity politics, religion, and free speech.
From 2011 to 2018, Murray served as the associate director of the Henry Jackson Society, a neoconservative think tank, and previously directed the Centre for Social Cohesion from 2007 to 2011.
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