GRAHAM SPENCER is Reader in Politics, Conflict and the Media at the University of Portsmouth, UK, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He has researched and written extensively on Northern Ireland and has a particular interest in reconciliation, peace and the role of identity in conflict. Previous publications include
Ulster Loyalism after the Good Friday Agreement (co-edited with James W. McAuley),
The State of Loyalism in Northern Ireland,
The Media and Peace,
Omagh: Voice of Loss and
Forgiving and Remembering in Northern Ireland.