Neil Mackay
Neil Mackay | |
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| Born | County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
| Occupations | Journalist, former editor, author |
| Organization | Sunday Herald |
| Notable work | All the Little Guns Went Bang Bang (2013 book) The War on Truth (2006 book) The Wolf Trial (2017 book) |
Neil Mackay is a Northern Irish journalist, writer and TV producer based in Glasgow.[1][2]
Mackay edited the Sunday Herald from 2015 to 2018 and has had three books published: The War on Truth, (2006), All the Little Guns Went Bang Bang (2013), and The Wolf Trial (2017).
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Mackay is from County Antrim, in Northern Ireland.[1] He was born in 1969 or 1970.[3] He grew up in The Troubles and was beaten up aged 14.[3] He received a scholarship to attend Queen's University Belfast.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]Mackay was a journalist in Northern Ireland, but moved to Scotland in 1996 after receiving death threats.[3] He worked for The Big Issue, Scotland on Sunday.[1][4]
In 1999, he joined the launch team of the Sunday Herald, which he edited 2015-18.[1] He tried to stop columnist Angela Haggerty from being fired, but failed.[5][6] In 2003, after a long investigation, he named a British spy who had infiltrated the Irish Republican Army.[7][8]
In 2004, he was a contract TV producer working on Nazi Hate Rock: A Macintyre Investigation for the Scottish Media Group, in 2006.[9][10]
Books
[edit | edit source]The War on Truth: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Invasion of Iraq but Your Government Wouldn't Tell You is Mackay's 2006 account of events leading to the Iraq war.[11][12][better source needed]
All the Little Guns Went Bang Bang is a 2013 social science fiction novel about two boys with violent parents, and explores the extent to which violence is learned by children, from their parents and community.[13][14]
The Wolf Trial is a 2017 historical crime novel about a werewolf trial in 16th-century Germany, which examines if god in Christianity is an evil or kind deity.[15]
Awards
[edit | edit source]- Scottish Press Awards, Columnist of the Year Award, Winner, 2019[16]
- Regional Press Award, Columnist of the Year, Highly Commented, 2020[17]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Mackay has post-traumatic stress disorder.[3] He has two daughters.[4] He is openly critical of religion.[18]
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External links
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- Male journalists from Northern Ireland
- Living people
- Editors from Northern Ireland
- 21st-century journalists from Northern Ireland
- 21st-century male writers from Northern Ireland
- The Herald (Glasgow) people
- People with post-traumatic stress disorder
- Television producers from Northern Ireland
- Alumni of Queen's University Belfast