Douglas Murray Biography
Douglas Murray is a British political commentator and author working for FOX News as a contributor. He joined the FOX News team in February 2022.
Murray joined The Spectator as an Associate Editor in 2012 after contributing to the publication since 2000. Along with the Wall Street Journal, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Evening Standard, and The New Criterion, he has written often for many more publications. He has been a columnist for Standpoint magazine since its founding and a frequent contributor to National Review. He established the Centre for Social Cohesion (CSC) in 2007, which was the first British think tank dedicated to researching terrorism and extremism. After that, the CSC joined the Henry Jackson Society, of which Murray served as Associate Director from 2011 to 2018.
Murray is a frequent debater who has given speeches at the White House, the European and British Parliaments, and other prestigious gatherings. Among his opponents have been Anjem Choudary, Rowan Williams, Julian Assange, and Tariq Ramadan. He frequently participates in popular political debate shows, such as Question Time, This Week, Daily Politics, and Newsnight on the BBC. He has been on some of the most popular podcasts, such as “Waking Up” with Sam Harris and Joe Rogan.
Douglas Murray Salary
Murray earns an annual salary of about $47,000-$120,000.
Douglas Murray Net Worth
Murray has an estimated net worth of about $1 Million – $7 Million which he has earned through his career as a political commentator and author.
Douglas Murray Age
Murray was born on 16 July 1979, in London, England, United Kingdom. He is 44 years old as of 2023 and he celebrates his birthday on the 16th of July every year.
Douglas Murray Height and Weight
Murray stands at a height of 5 feet 10 inches. He has not disclosed his weight. However, this information will be updated when available.
Douglas Murray Family
Murray was born to a Scottish father who spoke Gaelic and was a civil servant, had been born on the Isle of Lewis, and an English mother who was a teacher. He was raised alongside his older brother. Murray likes to keep his personal life private hence he has neither disclosed the names of his parents nor those of his siblings. However, this information will be updated when available.
Douglas Murray Husband and Children
Murray is openly gay. He has not disclosed his relationship status as he is very private with his personal life. However, this information will be updated when available.
Douglas Murray Books | Books By Douglas Murray
Murray is a remarkable writer. His debut book, “Bosie: A Biography of Lord Alfred Douglas” came out in 2000 while he was an undergraduate at Oxford. It was praised by Humphrey Carpenter in The Sunday Times as ‘One of the most impressive biographical debuts for some time. It comes across as entirely fresh.’ The book became a bestseller. The Sunday Telegraph described it as ‘A precocious feat by almost any standard. An excellent piece of work, intelligent and well-rounded. The work won the 2001 Lambda Award for gay biography.
Since then he has published three more full-length books – on politics, history, and current affairs – as well as shorter works on free speech and defense. Murray’s book “Neoconservatism: Why We Need It” was released in 2005. “Whether one agrees with him or not, Murray has made a valuable contribution to the global battle of ideas,” wrote Amir Taheri in his Asharq al-Awsat book review. In the New York Review of Books, Christopher Hitchens wrote, “There are not many occasions when a grizzled hack like myself can mark the emergence of a fresh new author who bears watching but this was indubitably one of them,” in reference to Murray’s “masterly” first book and his own review of it upon publication of the US edition in 2006.
In 2007 and 2008, he published “Hate on the State: How British Libraries Encourage Islamic extremism” and “Victims of Intimidation: Freedom of Speech Within Europe’s Muslim Communities”. Murray wrote a book about Lord Saville’s investigation into the January 1972 Bloody Sunday events in 2011. It was the most expensive and lengthy investigation in British legal history. Murray endured years of listening to the majority of the testimony in London and Londonderry (Derry). His final work explored the nature of truth and memory as well as providing an account of the investigation.
After its release, Bloody Sunday: Truths, Lies, and the Saville Inquiry received high praise. According to the Irish Independent and The New Statesman, it is “superb” and “riveting.” Historian Lord (Paul) Bew referred to “Douglas Murray’s brilliant and politically sophisticated book” as “an indispensable guide” in Literary Review. Murray received the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize for fostering peace and understanding in part because of the work.
In June 2013 he published “Islamophilia: A Very Metropolitan Malady”. Published by Bloomsbury in May 2017, “The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam” was praised by Nick Cohen, Sir Roger Scruton, Clive James, Morrissey, and Rabbi (Lord) Jonathan Sacks, among others. It was a global bestseller in non-fiction, spending nearly 20 weeks on The Sunday Times bestseller list and becoming a number one bestseller. Politicians from all over the world have read and referenced the book, which has been translated into more than 20 languages and has been read and cited by millions of readers. Murray’s story is accurate, intelligent, and tragic. It is based on his travels around important capitals of Europe and tells of unchecked immigration, failing multiculturalism, systematic self-doubt, cultural suicide, and dishonest political leadership.
In his 2019 Sunday Times best-seller The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race, and Identity, Murray discussed identity politics and social justice. Additionally, it received a nomination for the British Book Awards’ audiobook of the year. In the book, Murray discusses what he perceives as a movement in culture away from traditional religious and political ideologies, where social rank can be determined by a variety of victimization patterns. The book is divided into parts that address various forms of victimization, such as feminism, racial politics, and LGBT identity. Because Murray believes that society is reduced to a structure of power relations, he criticizes the work of French philosopher Michel Foucault. Murray’s latest book The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason was released in 2021. Columnist Gerard Baker described the book as a study of attempts to subvert Western civilization from within.
Douglas Murray Social Media Platform
Murray is very active on his Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. He has 816.4k followers on Twitter 214.6k followers on Instagram, and 35k followers on Facebook.