Tamsin Allen, Author at Index on Censorship

Tamsin Allen

Charging for police protection of the arts

by Tamsin Allen | 16 Feb 2016

Policing is a core function of the state, and it has long been accepted that our taxes pay for police services. The role of the police naturally shifts with changes in culture and the law, but the current position is that the police, as a public...

Keeping it secret

by Tamsin Allen | 11 Jun 2009

Tamsin Allen asks why a former intelligence agent is being denied the right to a fair hearing MI5 officers guard many secrets. But, as Stella Rimington well knows, they can tell their own personal stories providing no genuinely secret and damaging...