{"id":40423,"date":"2012-09-19T17:20:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T16:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/?p=40423"},"modified":"2013-07-15T17:45:28","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T16:45:28","slug":"19-nov-the-poetry-of-free-expression-celebrating-40-years-of-index-on-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/?p=40423","title":{"rendered":"PAST EVENT: 19 Nov: The Poetry of Free Expression: Celebrating 40 years of Index on Censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Date:\u00a0<\/strong>Monday 19 November, 7pm<br \/>\n<strong>Venue<\/strong>: Kings Place, Hall One (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingsplace.co.uk\/about-kings-place\/your-visit\/travelling-to-kings-place\">map here<\/a>)<br \/>\n<strong>Tickets<\/strong>: \u00a39.50 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingsplace.co.uk\/whats-on-book-tickets\/spoken-word\/the-poetry-of-free-expression-celebrating-40-years-of-index-on-cen#.UFmngrJlQzo\">available here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-41121\" title=\"Speakers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Speakers-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Speakers-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Speakers-140x140.jpg 140w, https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Speakers.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nTo mark our 40th birthday, Index on Censorship is partnering with Poet in the City for a special celebration of Index&#8217;s remarkable literary heritage and the continuing role of poetry in free expression.<\/p>\n<p>This evening&#8217;s event features poems read by some of Index\u2019s supporters, including acclaimed actors <strong>Simon Callow<\/strong>, <strong>Janet Suzman<\/strong> and <strong>Roger Lloyd Pack<\/strong>, and broadcaster <strong>Jonathan Dimbleby<\/strong>, Chair of Index on Censorship. It will also feature contemporary poets <strong>Sasha Dugdale<\/strong> and <strong>Sarah Hesketh<\/strong> discussing their work in the context of censorship and threats to free expression.\u00a0\u00a0This is set to be a very special celebration of both\u00a0Index on Censorship\u00a0and the power of poetry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>19 Nov:<\/strong> The Poetry of Free Expression: Celebrating 40 years of Index on Censorship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40423"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40423"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40469,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40423\/revisions\/40469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indexoncensorship.org\/newsite02may\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}