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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://reason.com/archives/2011/01/04/nudgers-vs-nannies 'Nudgers vs. Nannies'], ''Reason'', 4 January 2011.
 
*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://reason.com/archives/2011/01/04/nudgers-vs-nannies 'Nudgers vs. Nannies'], ''Reason'', 4 January 2011.
 
*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/features/6630123/americaandx2019s-islington.thtml 'America’s Islington'], ''The Spectator'', 22 January 2011.
 
*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/features/6630123/americaandx2019s-islington.thtml 'America’s Islington'], ''The Spectator'', 22 January 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100081665/thrifty-prim-snobbish-anti-bling-uk-uncut-is-like-the-youth-wing-of-the-womens-institute/ 'Thrifty, prim, snobbish, anti-bling – UK Uncut is like the youth wing of the Women's Institute'],
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100082062/hold-on-%E2%80%93-why-haven%E2%80%99t-any-of-these-will%E2%80%99n%E2%80%99kate-haters-ever-protested-against-the-monarchy-before/ 'Hold on – why haven’t any of these Will ’n’ Kate haters ever protested against the monarchy before?'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 31 March 2011.
 
*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://reason.com/archives/2011/03/30/nudgers-vs-nannies 'Nudgers vs. Nannies'], ''Reason'', April 2011.
 
*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://reason.com/archives/2011/03/30/nudgers-vs-nannies 'Nudgers vs. Nannies'], ''Reason'', April 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100082174/why-the-british-political-class-is-so-snooty-about-gibraltar/ 'Why the British political class is so snooty about Gibraltar'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 1 April 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100082375/pastor-terry-jones-is-no-more-to-blame-for-the-afghan-violence-than-martin-scorsese-was-for-the-shooting-of-ronald-reagan/ 'Pastor Terry Jones is no more to blame for the Afghan violence than Martin Scorsese was for the shooting of Ronald Reagan'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 4 April 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100082541/ambitious-working-class-kids-will-be-the-biggest-losers-in-st-nicks-patronising-war-on-unpaid-internships/ 'Ambitious working-class kids will be the biggest losers in St Nick's patronising war on unpaid internships'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 5 April 2011.
 
*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://reason.com/archives/2011/04/07/the-war-in-libya-and-the-arab The War in Libya and the "Arab Spring"], ''Reason'', 7 April 2011.
 
*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://reason.com/archives/2011/04/07/the-war-in-libya-and-the-arab The War in Libya and the "Arab Spring"], ''Reason'', 7 April 2011.
*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://reason.com/archives/2011/04/15/its-a-mad-mad-world 'It's a Mad, Mad World'], ''Reason'', 15 April 2011.  
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100083277/chill-out-veiled-women-are-only-the-islamic-equivalent-of-young-fogeys/ 'Chill out – veiled women are only the Islamic equivalent of Young Fogeys'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 11 April 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100083484/court-injunctions-that-prevent-the-little-people-from-gossiping-about-celebs-are-a-flashback-to-feudalism/ 'Court injunctions that prevent the little people from gossiping about celebs are a flashback to feudalism'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 12 April 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100083597/like-the-rebel-in-brave-new-world-i-am-standing-up-for-the-right-to-be-unhappy/ Like the rebel in Brave New World, I am standing up for 'the right to be unhappy'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 13 April 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100083891/both-sides-in-the-immigration-debate-are-as-bad-as-each-other-we-need-a-third-way/ 'Both sides in the immigration debate are as bad as each other – we need a Third Way'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 14 April 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://reason.com/archives/2011/04/15/its-a-mad-mad-world 'It's a Mad, Mad World'], ''Reason'', 15 April 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100083985/the-police-arrest-journalists-to-the-whooping-and-cheering-of-former-government-ministers-is-this-britain-or-east-germany/ 'The police arrest journalists to the whooping and cheering of former Government ministers. Is this Britain or East Germany?'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 15 April 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100084415/poor-charles-manson-the-green-lobbys-mainstreaming-of-nutty-apocalyptic-thinking-has-robbed-him-of-his-usp/ 'Poor Charles Manson. The green lobby's mainstreaming of nutty apocalyptic thinking has robbed him of his USP'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 19 April 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100084415/poor-charles-manson-the-green-lobbys-mainstreaming-of-nutty-apocalyptic-thinking-has-robbed-him-of-his-usp/ 'Poor Charles Manson. The green lobby's mainstreaming of nutty apocalyptic thinking has robbed him of his USP'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 19 April 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100084500/the-worst-form-of-bigotry-today-is-the-liberal-elites-view-of-the-working-classes-as-a-mongrel-race-of-slothful-drones/ 'The worst form of bigotry today is the liberal elite's view of the working classes as a mongrel race of slothful drones'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 20 April 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100085242/how-political-correctness-encouraged-british-made-islamism/ 'How political correctness encouraged British-made Islamism'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 27 April 2011.
 
*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2011/0428/Royal-wedding-The-snobbery-of-Will-n-Kate-haters 'Royal wedding: The snobbery of Will'n'Kate-haters'], ''The Christian Science Monitor'', 28 April 2011.
 
*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2011/0428/Royal-wedding-The-snobbery-of-Will-n-Kate-haters 'Royal wedding: The snobbery of Will'n'Kate-haters'], ''The Christian Science Monitor'', 28 April 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100085335/liberals-dont-mind-police-authoritarianism-when-its-aimed-at-football-oiks/ 'Liberals don't mind police authoritarianism when it's aimed at football oiks'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 28 April 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100085562/the-real-reason-why-today%E2%80%99s-pseudo-republicans-hate-the-queen-is-because-they-are-secretly-lusting-after-her-job/ 'The real reason why today’s pseudo-republicans hate the Queen is because they are secretly lusting after her job'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 29 April 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100085716/like-a-medieval-tyrant-republican-will-self-denounces-the-british-people-as-gullible-peasants/ 'Like a medieval tyrant, republican Will Self denounces the British people as gullible peasants'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 30 April 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100086324/the-today-programme-and-av-john-harris-plays-the-annoying-trendy-schoolteacher/ 'The Today programme and AV: John Harris plays the annoying, trendy schoolteacher'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 4 May 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100086528/osama-bin-laden-killing-in-war-vengeance-is-a-perfectly-acceptable-pursuit/ 'Osama bin Laden killing: In war, 'vengeance' is a perfectly acceptable pursuit'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 5 May 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100087234/far-from-being-a-bastion-of-freedom-of-speech-twitter-can-be-a-remarkably-conformist-elitist-and-intolerant-arena/ 'Far from being a bastion of freedom of speech, Twitter can be a remarkably conformist, elitist and intolerant arena'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 10 May 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100087383/my-coalition-verdict-the-moralising-lib-cons-are-new-labour-in-disguise/ 'My Coalition verdict: The moralising Lib-Cons are New Labour in disguise'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 11 May 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100088515/everyone-from-fox-news-to-feminists-is-turning-the-arrest-of-dsk-into-a-piece-of-medieval-theatre/ 'Everyone from Fox News to feminists is turning the arrest of DSK into a piece of medieval theatre'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 18 May 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100088694/green-predictions-of-end-times-are-just-as-demented-as-christian-ones-so-why-are-they-treated-more-seriously/ 'Green predictions of End Times are just as demented as Christian ones – so why are they treated more seriously?'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 19 May 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100090028/why-arent-the-masses-joining-the-protests-to-save-our-nhs-perhaps-because-the-nhs-treats-them-with-utter-contempt/ 'Why aren't the masses joining the protests to 'Save our NHS'? Perhaps because the NHS treats them with utter contempt'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 30 May 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100090085/perhaps-it%E2%80%99s-time-for-a-chav-toff-alliance-against-the-killjoys-who-dominate-modern-britain/ 'Perhaps it’s time for a chav-toff alliance against the killjoys who dominate modern Britain'], ''The Daily telegraph'', 31 May 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100090261/there-is-nothing-heroic-about-using-an-anonymous-twitter-account-to-attack-your-enemies/ 'There is nothing heroic about using an anonymous Twitter account to attack your enemies'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 1 June 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100090456/michael-bloomberg-the-man-who-killed-new-york/ 'Michael Bloomberg: the man who killed New York'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 2 June 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100090639/amnesty-should-get-over-its-messiah-complex-the-people-of-the-third-world-don%E2%80%99t-need-to-be-%E2%80%9Csaved%E2%80%9D/ Amnesty should get over its Messiah complex: the people of the Third World don’t need to be 'saved'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 3 June 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100090776/these-are-the-most-anti-social-sluts-on-earth/ 'These are the most anti-social sluts on earth'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 6 June 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/author/brendanoneill2/page/15/ 'How Western human rights activists have twisted the truth about Tiananmen Square'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 7 June 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100091215/how-one-psychic-conned-the-texas-police-the-fbi-the-media-and-the-world/ 'How one psychic conned the Texas police, the FBI, the media and the world'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 8 June 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100091490/i-don%E2%80%99t-want-to-watch-human-centipede-ii-but-i-want-the-right-to-watch-it/ 'I don’t want to watch Human Centipede II. But I want the right to watch it'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 9 June 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100091744/there-is-one-thing-that-prince-philip-and-his-radical-critics-completely-agree-on/ 'There is one thing that Prince Philip and his radical critics completely agree on'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 10 June 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100091936/poverty-is-a-serious-social-problem-%E2%80%93-but-child-poverty-is-often-an-excuse-for-sentimental-pc-rhetoric/ 'Poverty is a serious social problem – but 'child poverty' is often an excuse for sentimental PC rhetoric'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 13 June 2011.
 
*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jun/14/tom-six-human-centipede-interview Human Centipede II director angered by BBFC's 'stiff upper lip'], ''The Guardian'', 14 June 2011.
 
*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jun/14/tom-six-human-centipede-interview Human Centipede II director angered by BBFC's 'stiff upper lip'], ''The Guardian'', 14 June 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100092304/rather-than-defending-incapacity-benefit-progressive-left-wingers-should-be-declaring-war-against-it/ 'Rather than defending incapacity benefit, progressive left-wingers should be declaring war against it'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 15 June 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100092697/it%E2%80%99s-time-for-a-primark-shoppers%E2%80%99-revolt-against-the-snobbery-of-ethical-consumerism/ 'It’s time for a Primark shoppers’ revolt against the snobbery of ethical consumerism'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 17 June 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100092728/how-palestinians-became-the-baby-seals-of-the-western-human-rights-lobby/ 'How Palestinians became the baby seals of the Western human rights lobby'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 17 June 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100092861/how-the-chattering-classes-exploited-brian-haw/ 'How the chattering classes exploited Brian Haw'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 20 June 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100093208/the-bono-pay-up-protesters-have-achieved-the-remarkable-feat-of-being-even-more-unbearably-smug-than-bono/ 'The 'Bono Pay Up' protesters have achieved the remarkable feat of being even more smug than Bono'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 22 June 2011.
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*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100093578/my-top-10-tips-for-how-to-avoid-having-your-collar-felt-by-the-authoritarian-hippies-who-run-glastonbury/ 'My top 10 tips for how to avoid having your collar felt by the authoritarian hippies who run Glastonbury'], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 23 June 2011.
 
*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://reason.com/archives/2011/06/24/a-disgusting-act-of-censorship 'A Disgusting Act of Censorship'], ''Reason'', 24 June 2011.
 
*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://reason.com/archives/2011/06/24/a-disgusting-act-of-censorship 'A Disgusting Act of Censorship'], ''Reason'', 24 June 2011.
 
*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100093836/come-dressed-as-a-worker-%E2%80%93-uk-uncut-bravely-goes-slumming-with-the-lower-orders/ 'Come dressed as a worker' – UK Uncut bravely goes slumming with the lower orders], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 24 June 2011.
 
*[[Brendan O'Neill]], [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100093836/come-dressed-as-a-worker-%E2%80%93-uk-uncut-bravely-goes-slumming-with-the-lower-orders/ 'Come dressed as a worker' – UK Uncut bravely goes slumming with the lower orders], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 24 June 2011.

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LM network resources
Brendan O'Neill on fora.tv

Brendan O'Neill is associated with the libertarian anti-environmental LM network. In particular, he has written for LM magazine and Rising East, is editor of internet magazine Spiked, co-founded the anti-regulatory Manifesto Club and has spoken at the Battle of Ideas, the Brighton Salon, Leeds Salon and Manchester Salon.

O’Neill grew up in North London as one of five brothers, the eldest being Michael. Like Claire Fox and Fiona Fox, he is a child of Catholic Irish immigrants, in this case from Galway. He attended Catholic schools throughout his education, including St James Catholic High School in Colindale, Barnet, based in a Dominican convent. [1] [2]

He commenced his career in journalism in 1997 at Living Marxism and then LM when it was retitled after the Revolutionary Communist Party was dissolved, until the magazine was forced to close in 2000 after losing a libel trial.[3] [4] He then wrote for its successor Spiked from its foundation in 2000, until in 2007 he took over as editor from founding editor Mick Hume.

As one would expect, his writing is entirely consistent with the LM network’s extreme libertarian and anti-environmental views. While claiming to be an atheist, he regularly defends the Catholic Church from attack.

From Jan 2011, he wrote a regular blog for the Telegraph.[5] Prior to that, he wrote regularly for the Guardian.

From the Battle of Ideas biography:[6]

"Brendan O’Neill is the editor of spiked and author of the green satire Can I Recycle My Granny and 39 Other Eco-Dilemmas, published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2008. He started his career in journalism at spiked‘s predecessor, Living Marxism, then its successor LM, until it was forced to close in 2000 following a notorious libel action brought by ITN. When he’s not writing for and editing spiked, and commissioning journalists who have something to say and the guts to say it, O’Neill writes widely for publications on both sides of the Atlantic. His journalism has been published in the New Statesman, the Spectator, the Guardian, The Sunday Times, the British Journalism Review, the Press Gazette and the Catholic Herald in Britain, and in Salon, Slate, the Chicago Sun-Times, the American Prospect, the American Conservative and Reason magazine in the United States. He is also a feature-writer for the Christian Science Monitor in America and for the BBC in Britain.
O’Neill has also been a guest on numerous TV and radio shows in Britain, Ireland and America, including on BBC radio and TV, Sky News, Channel 4 News and The Last Word on More4; The Big Bite on RTE television in Ireland and Talk Radio in Dublin; and on the Heartland show on Fox News and International Correspondents on CNN, and radio stations in New York, San Francisco, Colorado, Wisconsin and Washington, DC. He has given talks at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the Oxford Literary Festival, the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London and the Battle of Ideas at the Royal College of Art. He was depicted in the play An Explosion, which explored the meaning of terrorism, at the Battersea Arts Centre in London in 2006 (O’Neill was played by actor Jim Pyke). O’Neill also founded and taught the Online Journalism course at the University College for the Creative Arts in Surrey, England."

Affiliations

Publications

Books

  • From Bosnia to Beslan, Pluto Press May 28 2006
  • Can I Recycle My Granny and 39 Other Eco-Dilemmas, Hodder & Stoughton, 2008 (as Ethan Greenhart)

Popular press, magazines articles and web publications

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Contact

Blog "Freedom Rules"
Personal website "Brendan O'Neill"

Resources

Dale, Iain and Yasmin Alibhai-Brown "Crosstalk video interview"
Datoo, Siraj, "Interview", "The Student Journals", 27 October 2010
Greenstein, Tony, "Spiked by Spiked", Socialist Unity, 13 March 2009
Hari, Johann, "Who do we vote for now
Klinger, Max, "Interview", "Varsity, 5 February 2011
Little Atoms, "Video interviews 2006 & 2007
Alex Lockwood Five reasons Brendan O'Neill is wrong Alexlockwood.net website 15 July 2008
Andrew Newman More on the intellectual laziness of the RCP Socialist Unity website 10 March 2007
Simister, Vicky, "What not to say", Humanist Life, 17 Sep 2010

References

  1. The plane truth The Spectator, 4 Feb 2006
  2. The weird fashion for bashing faith schools Spiked, 23 August 2010
  3. His first article seems to have been: Brendan O'Neill, 'Divided loyalists in Ireland', Living Marxism, No. 80 - June, p. 31.
  4. Last Magazine Marxism-Thaxis, 22 June 2000
  5. Brendan O'Neill, "The Telegraph" acc 11 Mar 2011
  6. Battle of Ideas 2010 festival biography (Accessed: 12 Mar 2011)
  7. About forth, forth website, acc 19 Apr 2010