Masked by Covid

14 Dec 20 | Magazine, Magazine Editions, Volume 49.04 Winter 2020

FEATURING

Zahra Hankir

Zahra Hankir

Journalist

Zahra Hankir is a Lebanese journalist. She is editor Our Women on the Ground and was formerly at Bloomberg. She lives between Beirut, London and New York
Bianca Jagger

Bianca Jagger

Campaigner

Bianca Jagger is president and chief executive of the Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation. She is a prominent voice in the human rights field. She is from Nicaragua
John Gray

John Gray

Philosopher

John Gray is an English political philosopher. He is the author of Mill on Liberty: A Defence and Two Faces of Liberalism

The Disappeared

02 Sep 20 | Magazine, Magazine Editions, Volume 49.03 Autumn 2020

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Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers

Writer

Dave Eggers is an American writer, editor and publisher. He is author of the bestselling books The Circle and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Lisa Appignanesi

Lisa Appignanesi

Writer and campaigner

Lisa Appignanesi is a British-Canadian writer and campaigner for free expression. She is former president of English PEN. Her books include Losing the Dead and All About Love: Anatomy of an Unruly Emotion
Xue Yiwei

Xue Yiwei

Writer and academic

Xue Yiwei is an award-winning Chinese writer and academic who now lives in Canada. His translated works include Dr. Bethune’s Children and his collection of short stories, Shenzheners

SNP attempt to avoid public scrutiny amid covid is dangerously anti-democratic (The Herald)

24 Jun 20 | Index in the Press

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Index on Censorship is quoted by Neil Mackay in The Herald as he examines the anti-democratic implications of the Scottish authorities barring of freedom of information during the coronavirus crisis, when transparency from the authorities and accountability is as vital as it ever has been.

“The Index on Censorship said that FoI delays by governments around the world “allow politicians and public bodies to sweep information that should be freely available and subject to wider scrutiny under the carpet of coronavirus. News that is three months old is, very often, no longer news”.”

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Private lives

16 Jun 20 | Magazine, Magazine Editions, Volume 49.02 Summer 2020

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Issa Sikiti da Silva

Issa Sikiti da Silva

Journalist

Issa Sikiti da Silva is an award-winning freelance journalist who has traveled extensively across Africa. Born in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, he has lived in South Africa and worked as a foreign correspondent in West Africa. His work has been published in nearly 40 media outlets

 

Katherine Parkinson

Katherine Parkinson

Actor and playwright

Katherine Parkinson is a Bafta-award winning English actress. She has appeared in several television series, including The IT Crowd and Humans. She has also appeared in such films as How to Lose Friends & Alienate People and The Boat That Rocked, as well as on stage in various high profile West End shows. In 2019 Parkinson’s debut work as a playwright, Sitting, had its London premiere, after a month-long run at the Edinburgh Fringe
David Hare

David Hare

Playwright

David Hare is a playwright and film-maker. He has written over thirty stage plays which include Plenty and Pravda (with Howard Brenton). For film and television, he has written nearly thirty screenplays which include Licking Hitler, The Hours, The Reader and Denial. In a millennial poll of the greatest plays of the 20th century, five of the top 100 were his