David Hayes is a co-founder of openDemocracy. He has written textbooks on human rights and terrorism, and was a contributor to Town and Country (Jonathan Cape, 1998). His work has been published in PN Review, the Irish Times, El Pais, the Iran Times International, the Canberra Times, the Scotsman, the New Statesman and The Absolute Game. He has edited five print collections of material from the openDemocracy website, including Europe and Islam; Turkey: Writers, Politics, and Free Speech; and Europe: Visions, Realities, Futures. He is the editor of Fred Halliday's Political Journeys - the openDemocracy Essays (Saqi, 2011)
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Published in: HomeFred Halliday: an unfinished voyageThe core themes of a new book of Fred Halliday’s openDemocracy columns underline his work's enduring vitality, says...
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Published in: HomeA refound monarchy and a lost republic
The celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s sixty years on the throne coincides with the best of recent times for the...
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Published in: HomeScotland, and the end of romance
A high-stakes constitutional tussle over the future of the United Kingdom is under way. The political transformation...
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Published in: HomeMargaret Thatcher, between myth and politics
A sympathetic film portrayal of Britain’s most divisive modern prime minister fits a broader mood of reappraisal of...
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Published in: HomeLondon, the intimate megacity
London’s mayoral election might be overshadowed in 2012 by royal and Olympic pageants, but it’s more revealing of...
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Published in: HomeAfter St Paul's: the smoke this time
An encampment around St Paul’s cathedral in London casts a new light on this icon of British wartime defiance. But...