Sherry Jones: “We must speak out for free speech”
Why are UK distributors refusing to handle The Jewel of Medina? It’s time to raise an outcry says its author
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Peter Hitchens: bring back arguments
As the divide narrows between left and right in Britain, so too does the space for adversarial dialogue and free expression
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‘Banned’ poet becomes first female laureate
Carol Ann Duffy, whose poem ‘Education for Leisure’ was withdrawn from schoolbooks over fears it encouraged violence, has been appointed the UK’s first female poet laureate.
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UK government rules out central database
The British government has said it will not now go ahead with plans to create a cenrtal communications database.
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