On a recent speaking engagement, Fintan O’Toole made the observation of how important it is to avoid an Irish unity process ...

I was a bit pessimistic in my last post about Stormont, so I thought I’d try to restore some balance to the universe and ...

You might be familiar with the phrase “jumping the shark”. It’s the moment a television show tips from watchable into ...

Palestine Action was banned over the summer due to their use of direct action tactics against British military and British ...

I find myself saddened today about something I have been waiting eight years to happen. I’ve been a big fan of Chris Rea since he first appeared in the seventies. My wife and I went to see Chris at ...

Almost 30 years ago, I arrived in my classroom to discover the pupils grinning guiltily and the floor literally swimming with water – someone had been throwing water balloons – more than one. Deciding ...

I help to manage Slugger by taking care of the site as well as running our live events. My background is in business, marketing and IT. My politics tend towards middle-of-the-road pragmatism; I am not ...

In addition to our normal open Sunday, we have a politics-free post to give you all a break. So discuss what you like here, but no politics.

Is a United Ireland inevitable, or is the status quo strengthening? This final installment of our University of Liverpool survey series tackles the Border Poll head-on. While support for unity has ...