Thatcher: Paradoxes of secrecy - Index on Censorship

In this Index on Censorship magazine article from 1988, Duncan Campbell claimed that former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died this week, was "utterly disdainful of press freedom and open government"

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Frank Furedi: The new face of right-wing free speech

By Martin Bright
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3 Dec 2025

Index talks to the director of the Mathias Corvinus Collegium which is hosting a conference this week entitled the Battle for the Soul of Europe
Ukraine: Trump’s peace plan is none of those three things

By Andrei Kurkov
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1 Dec 2025

The 28-point outline has clear Russian origins and will not end the war plus Zelensky has his own problems
Dissidents have started challenging Saudi Arabia and Bahrain through the UK courts

By Jemimah Steinfeld
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1 Dec 2025

Victims of unlawful state surveillance are refusing to back down
In memory of Sir Tom Stoppard, a visionary dramatist and fierce champion of free expression

By Index on Censorship
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29 Nov 2025

A longtime Index patron and contributor, Stoppard was one of the greatest playwrights of his time and a relentless defender of free expression

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In this Index on Censorship magazine article from 1988, investigative reporter Duncan Campbell claimed that former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died this week, was “utterly disdainful of press freedom and open government”