John Holmwood is emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Nottingham and senior researcher in the Centre for Science Technology and Society Studies, Institute for Philosophy, at the Czech Academy of Science> he is a former president of the British Sociological Association and Member of the Institute for Advanced study Princeton. He was expert witness for the defence n professional misconduct cases brought against senior teachers in the Birmingham Trojan Horse affair and (with Therese O’Toole) author of Countering Extremism in British Schools? the Truth about the Birmingham Trojan Horse Affair (Policy Press 2018), academic adviser to Lung Theatre’s award-winning play, Trojan Horse, and Co-Director (with Dr Layla Aitlhadj) of the People’s Review of Prevent set up after the boycott of the Shawcross Review of Prevent.