Yesterday evening I was at the University of West London to take part in a panel on blogging. I lieu of a proper write-up, here are some tweets from the event. Continue reading
Category: Elsewhere (Page 12 of 28)
Articles that were published somewhere else first.
I’m pleased to be quoted in an article by Ellie Broughton on the For Books’ Sake website, When Gay Characters Attract Death Threats. Continue reading
There was another free speech skirmish on a UK university campus this week, when the ex-Muslim activist Maryam Namazie was heckled by students at an event at Goldsmiths College.
East London Lines, a online newspaper run by students including many from Goldsmiths, reported the incident after it happened, and have written a follow up in which I am quoted for English PEN.
I want to say a little more in a personal capacity.
The video of the event is available online. Continue reading
I’m quoted in this Herald article about bloggers in Scotland.
Robert Sharp of English Pen, however, stressed that online sources and bloggers were now replacing newspapers in much of rural Scotland – putting themselves at risk.
He said: “The Highlands and Islands cannot depend on the established media to hold decision-makers to account.
“It is bloggers who plug the democratic gap, and they need a simple, clear law.
“If our rights are written in statute and not confusing case law, they would know where they stand and will be better equipped to scrutinise the people with money and power.”
Earlier this week I sat down with the author N Quentin Woolf, host of the Londonist Out Loud podcast, to talk about free speech, its value and its limits.
The audio of our discussion has just been published. You can listen via the Acast player below, and there are download and iTunes links on the Londonist website. Continue reading