The secret code of Irish names

Jack Russell is the author of the believethedata.org blog, where this article was originally published. Anna Burns’ Milkman is a remarkable book. Based on her experiences growing up in Belfast during ...

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The secret code of Irish names

An investigation into Irish names, inspired by Anna Burns' novel Milkman and using historical census returns to reveal their hidden encodings.

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Negative attitudes to minorities and immigrants in Northern Ireland: a very British problem

Jack Russell is the author of the believethedata.org blog, where this article was originally published. Northern Ireland has seen an increase in the number of violent protests over the last few years,...

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Negative attitudes to minorities and immigrants in Northern Ireland: a very British problem

Northern Ireland has seen an increase in the number of violent protests over the last few years, many of which have been organised online with explicitly anti-immigrant or racist motivation. Whilst th...

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The inflectorate: UK religious identity at a tipping point

In 2024, Labour won a landslide majority at the general election, securing 63% of the UK’s 650 constituencies with 34% of votes cast. The Conservatives won 24% of the vote but just 19% of the seats. L...

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Projecting belief – our model explained

Our launch article made a projection that the share of the UK population identifying as Christian would fall to one third by 2031, mainly driven by an increase in the number of people with no religion...

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Projecting belief – UK religion in 2031

Every ten years, the constituent countries of the UK hold a census, providing a comprehensive snapshot of the population that informs key policy-making and planning decisions over the next decade. In 2021, this snapshot revealed that the share of the UK population identifying as Christian had declined significantly since 2011,

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