Padraig Reidy

Padraig Reidy is the editor of Little Atoms. He is Director of Editorial at 89up and has written and ghostwritten for The Evening Standard, The Guardian, The Observer, The Irish Times, The Daily Telegraph, The New Statesman, The Sun, and The Irish Post.

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Articles

Jackie Walker's supporters have one question to answer

News

Society

The controversial activist's views are tolerated in Labour. Why?

If you want to help victims of war, don’t support the Stop the War Coalition

Society

Stars should steer clear of apologists for dictators

Return to Hangover Square

Longform

Words

Revisiting Patrick Hamilton's 20th century classic

A history of blasphemy: the revolutionary tradition of shouting in church

Society

For radicals who see themselves as the scourge of hypocrites, heckling in churches is the ultimate act of rebellion

Impromptu in Corbynia - Islington Labour debates leadership race

Society

Passion versus pragmatism on leader's home turf

Russia Today is not alternative news: it is propaganda

Society

Ignoring the motivation of Kremlin propaganda is stupid and disingenuous

This is not the end of secular Turkey

World

It's too easy to cast the post-coup crackdown as an attack on the last vestiges of secularism

Nice attack: it's beginning to feel like they're winning

World

Our defiance in the face of terror is turning to despair

Homophobia and terrorism: it’s not an either/or question

World

Omar Mateen pledged allegiance to Islamic State because jihadism elevated his hatred to a cause

From Brexit to football, nationalism is an impulse, not an end

Society

World

Patriotic feelings are neither virtuous nor dangerous unless we make them so

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