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Northern Ireland is made up of six counties of the Irish province of Ulster. It was formed by the Government of Ireland Act of 1920, when the whole isla...

Billy Hutchinson has journeyed from UVF killer to helping forge the Good Friday Agreement. He’s just brought out his autobiography. Here, in conversation with Writer at Large Neil Mackay, he discusses the risk Brexit poses to peace in Ulster, the debate around Scottish independence, and the role Scotland played in the Troubles SCOTLAND often forgets its long, and sometimes tortuous history, with the north of Ireland. The intimate relationship between the two countries goes back millennia, through ties of family, tradition, language – and even the spilling of blood. From the ancient Ga...

Boris Johnson has sealed his place in British history as a 'weather-maker' Prime Minister.  Historians tend to separate those premiers who make the political weather – that is, change the entire zeitgeist of their times – from also-rans who merely go along with whatever the established view is at the time. But by getting Brexit done as promised, and on such favourable terms for the UK, Boris will be seen by history in the former, much more illustrious group. There is nothing ignoble about being an also-ran premier. Many achieved useful things in their times. Harold Wilson founded the Ope...