Leader: In defence of the open society
A healthy liberal democracy must guarantee freedom of expression; it must not guarantee freedom from offence.
ByA healthy liberal democracy must guarantee freedom of expression; it must not guarantee freedom from offence.
ByRushdie knows how vital, how serious the business of storytelling is. Yet in my encounters with him he never took…
ByThe freedom of expression and imagination that the novelist has bravely championed for so long is under renewed assault.
ByAs child safety campaigners push for stronger regulation, a growing faction of the Tory party is crying "censorship".
ByAs the Culture Secretary prepares to reveal the latest version of the Online Safety Bill, serious concerns remain.
ByBy all means champion free speech, but please, be consistent.
ByIntention matters – it is the difference in law between murder and manslaughter.
ByAfter students were condemned for walking out of a surprise dinner talk by the controversial right-wing columnist, I have some…
ByI shadowed Peterson at two events in Oxford and Cambridge, where the anti-woke culture warrior received an unexpectedly warm welcome.
ByHow a campus trans row ended in protests, a police investigation – and a debate over the future of free…
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