News of the World fallout could change Britain’s media culture
Axing the PCC means re-examining the balance of privacy v public interest – but will investigative journalism pay the price? Asks John Kampfner
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Making a courtroom drama out of a media crisis
News International’s Hackergate scandal does not justify state press regulation, argues Rohan Jayasekera
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Britain’s media must start policing itself
No one can now be in any doubt about the depths to which some in the British media will sink to get a story. John Kampfner reports
This article first appeared in the Financial Times
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Beyond Belief – an introduction
The policing of freedom of expression is the story within the story within the story in this case study. In 2004, Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti’s play Behzti (Dishonour) was cancelled after demonstrations against it turned violent and its staging was deemed a threat to public order. Her subsequent play Behud (Beyond Belief) is a response to these events, exploring the tensions between public order and freedom of expression. The dialogue between the theatre and the police in the lead up to the premiere of Behud in 2010 is a principle feature of this case study. Julia Farrington is head of arts at Index on Censorship