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I was educated at the University of Manchester, Swansea University and the Polytechnic of Wales, where I studied History, Philosophy and Intellectual and Art History (MA). I have lived and worked in Ireland, Germany and Holland and the UK as a barman, labourer, soldier, Aircraft sealer, Trade Marks Examiner, Ministerial Policy Adviser, Head of International Relations at the Welsh Office and Principal Private Secretary to the Presiding Officer at the National Assembly for Wales. I left the Civil Service in 2005 disenchanted with politicians and have since dedicated myself to art and writing. My paintings, as my writing, are personal and intense. The Night Traveller (MJ Maguire) was my first novel and was published in 2010. My art and writing say all there is to know about me.
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Friday, January 21, 2011Iraq War Inquiry: The Blair Bush Letters Should be Released Mark Maguire argues that the Chilcott Inquiry into the war in Iraq should insist on the release of the letters Tony Blair wrote to US President George Bush in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq and that the Cabinet Secretary Gus O'Donnell should be instructed to do so if necessary.
Friday, January 14, 2011A Case of "running amok' in Tucson Arizona The case of the Tucson shootings is looked at as a modern phenomenon mirroring the counter-cultural experience of 'running amok' in South East Asia. Author MJ Maguire believes it is phenomenon which has become familiar in the West and will become more frequent in the future.
Thursday, January 6, 2011A Case of Police wasting the Public's time? MJ Maguire discusses the impact of wrongful arrest on the suspect arrested in the Joanna Yeates Clifton murder case who was released without charge. He argues that the police should exercise restraint in using their powers to arrest someone on suspicion of a serious crime and that they should always have objective evidence for doing so.
Sunday, December 19, 2010The Nobel Peace Prize: Liu Xiaobo and Julian Assange - A Laureate of the future? The parallels between Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Laureate, and Wikileaks chief Julian Assange, are examined by author MJ Maguire, who argues that true democracy has nothing to fear from giving its citizens full access to information.
Saturday, December 18, 2010The risks of pursuing Julian Assange MJ Maguire argues that the pursuit of Julian Assange by the US in an effort to punish him for the release of secret US documents is a mistake, both at a consitutional level and that ultimately it must fail as a strategy for dealing with the genie of the internet.
