The Old Divide

Author, journalist and socialist activist, Chris Bambery was born and educated in Edinburgh. He has written extensively on history and politics, contributing to the BBC, The Guardian, The Independent, The Scotsman and others and was head of the Islam Channel’s History Department. He is a regular contributor to Conter, Counterfire, Brave New Europe and other news/politics/current affairs websites. He was also parliamentary assistant to George Kerevan, MP for East Lothian 2015-2017 and was the Public Point of Enquiry for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Catalonia from 2017 until 2024. His other books include A People’s History of Scotland (2014) and Catalonia Reborn (with George Kerevan) (2018).