Peter Geoghegan

Peter Geoghegan

Bosnia-Herzegovina: A house divided

Bosnia-Herzegovina: A house divided

Almost 22 years since a ceasefire brought to an end its bloody civil war, Bosnia-Herzegovina is still speckled with segregated villages and grappling with a dangerous political crisis, writes Peter Geoghegan

Brexit and independence on the SNP’s agenda

Brexit and independence on the SNP’s agenda

Two decades ago, Scottish National Party (SNP) conferences were low-key affairs held in small hot...

The rise of the dry Conservative

The rise of the dry Conservative

New Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond will need good judgment to keep Britain’s head above water

Profile Theresa May: Come what May?

Profile Theresa May: Come what May?

The favourite to become Britain’s second woman PM faces a job to convince Tory grassroots

Brexit Special: The view from the North

Brexit Special: The view from the North

Could a vote to leave trigger talk of a united Ireland?

Profile: Theresa Villiers Stormont’s invisible woman

Profile: Theresa Villiers Stormont’s invisible woman

Factfile Age: 47 Appearance: aristocratic, aloof Newsworthiness: the Northern Ireland Secretar...

Kicking against the bricks: Belfast's peace walls

Kicking against the bricks: Belfast's peace walls

The are one of the last obstacles to normalisation of life in the North – but proving far harder to remove than they were to erect

Unquiet  ghosts  of the Balkans

Unquiet ghosts of the Balkans

Twenty years ago this month, Europe’s worst atrocities and massacres since the Nazi regime took place, when many thousands of Bosniak Muslims were murdered by Bosnian Serb forces at Srebrenica. The International Commission on Missing Persons has been

British Elections: Blue is the colour - for now

British Elections: Blue is the colour - for now

The Tories’ overall majority confounded the prevailing political wisdom, but many of David Cameron’s most pressing problems still remain

No  killer punches in British election

No killer punches in British election

The rise of the SNP is the one exciting element in a hard-to-call contest entering its final days

Profile: Nicola Sturgeon

Profile: Nicola Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon’s favourite television programme is Borgen. In the popular Danish drama, a sma...

Briefing: Cameron stresses positives as the great Tory giveaway begins

Briefing: Cameron stresses positives as the great Tory giveaway begins

Conservatives are hoping their simple message on the recovering economy will put clear water between them and Labour

Republican habit of rough justice dies hard

Republican habit of rough justice dies hard

What happened to Mairia Cahill was typical of how republicans handled trouble in nationalist strongholds during the Troubles.

Defeat has only whetted Scots' appetite for liberty

Defeat has only whetted Scots' appetite for liberty

The referendum defeat has done little to discourage Scottish nationalists, who enjoy fresh recruits, unity and a common purpose, writes Peter Geoghegan.

Where to now for scotland?

Where to now for scotland?

The question now is where the country, and its newly mobilised generation, goes from here, writes Peter Geoghegan.