James Murray
James Murray is Research Fellow at the University of Buckingham and Legal Director at Doyle Clayton solicitors.
The good news on academic free speech
The Office for Students has offered some cause for optimism
The future is bright for academic freedom
New threats to speech inquiry could inspire an unlikely consensus around openness
The limits of academic freedom
What do we mean by “freedom” and what do we mean by “academic”?
Being “anti-woke” as a protected philosophical belief
How can we protect free speech in professional environments
The afterlife of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko
Reflections on forty years since his death shook communist Poland
Should you really admit to regretting having kids?
Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap
A cruel choice
Today’s euthanasia bill risks sending Britain down a dark path
How will Christian MPs shape the assisted suicide debate?
The Tory Christian is in decline, but the Labour Christian could make the difference
Cardinal win
Conclave is a political drama and a closed-room mystery rolled into one
Boris: the PM who could do no wrong
This must be in competition for the most inaccurate work of non-fiction since … well, since Johnson’s last book
Fiddling while Canterbury burns
The new proposals from the Archbishops’ Commission for Racial Justice are depressingly wrongheaded
Kemi goes postal
The former business secretary and current Tory leader is grilled over a late delivery
Hatred without end
A year on from October 7th, mutual dehumanisation and refusal of moral responsibility characterises our “debate” over the Gaza war
There is more to ethics than “#BeKind”
It is not cruel to fear the consequences of legalising assisted dying