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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Society

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

Society

Stars should steer clear of apologists for dictators

Return to Hangover Square

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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

Society

Passion versus pragmatism on leader's home turf

Society

Ignoring the motivation of Kremlin propaganda is stupid and disingenuous

World

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

World

Our defiance in the face of terror is turning to despair

World

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

Society
World

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

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