The government’s latest legislation on ‘extreme pornography’ is based on ill-informed notions, writes Julian Petley Question: what do Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Last Exit to Brooklyn and Inside Linda Lovelace have in common? Answer: they were all...
Hicham Yezza, the University of Nottingham employee who came to prominence after helping a research student download a so-called 'terror manual', has had his deportation date cancelled, as his solicitors seek a judicial review of his case. Mr Yezza...
Mary Whitehouse was a shrill provocateur on a relentless crusade to stifle, oppress and scare, writes Padraig Reidy Mary Whitehouse has always been a peripheral idea in my life --- one of those puppets on Spitting Image I never really recognised as...
Two men, a student and an academic administrator, were held for six days by Nottinghamshire police last week under the Terrorism Act. Hicham Yezza and Rizwaan Sabir of Nottingham University were detained after Mr Sabir downloaded a 'terror manual'...
Journalist Shiv Malik's attempt to have a production order served on him by police resumes at the Royal Courts of Justice this morning. Malik, 27, was ordered to hand over notes, tapes and other materials relating to his book Leaving Al Qaeda,...
Visual artists and even pop stars could face prosecution under new British legislation, writes John Ozimek Collectors looking to make a fast buck by investing in erotica had a nervous awakening this morning. And fans of Madonna were left wondering...
Academic Dr Nicholas Kollerstrom was last week stripped of his honorary post at University College London, after his controversial views on the Holocaust and 9/11 were uncovered by bloggers. Was the university right to disassociate itself from him,...
Journalist Shiv Malik has been granted leave to appeal against a production order served on him by police. Malik, who specialises in writing on Islamist extremism and terrorism, was ordered by Greater Manchester Police Counter Terrorism Unit to...
London local paper the Hackney Gazette has decided not to allow the British National Party to advertise in its pages. The paper was the focus of much scrutiny after the Hampstead and Highgate Express, which is owned by the same group, Archant, had...
Should publications only run ads that match their principles, asks Peter Wilby Many readers and some journalists believe editors should apply the same principles to advertising as they do to editorial copy. If an ad is violently at variance with...