Professor David Abulafia CBE was a distinguished Cambridge historian who became, in retirement, a prominent champion of academic freedom and free speech. Frederick Attenborough remembers him in the Daily Sceptic.
Why does the cover of the latest edition of Private Eye defend the BBC? Someone needs to explain to Ian Hislop the difference between a politician and a public service broadcaster, says Frederick Attenborough.
In a landmark victory for academic freedom, the University of Louisville will pay nearly $1.6m to a respected psychiatrist fired for questioning the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones on children.
The disconnect between Keir Starmer's fine-sounding words about his Ukraine 'coalition of the willing' and the meagre reality has reached Stalinesque proportions, says Dr Frederick Attenborough.
President Trump compared Keir Starmer's UK to Communist China after the Government ordered Apple to give it backdoor access to users' encrypted data. This isn't far-fetched, says Frederick Attenborough: it exposes us all.
In a victory for free speech, ex-Royal Marine Jamie Michael has been cleared of racial hatred after posting a video calling for peaceful protest following the Southport attack. The jury took just 17 minutes to acquit him.
People have been celebrating Tesla's investigation into the cybertruck explosion, which tracked the perpetrator, via Tesla's charging stations, from Colorado to Las Vegas. But shouldn't we be worried by such surveillance?
A new hate crime law came into effect in Ireland yesterday. In spite of the worst clauses in the hate crime bill being stripped out, it's still a dark day for free speech in Ireland, says Frederick Attenborough.
On GB News, a Labour Party advisor said he hadn’t heard about the RE teacher in Batley who's still in hiding after showing his students a cartoon of Muhammed three years ago. Is Labour's echo chamber really that small?
Keir Starmer has written a piece for the Sunday Times commemorating the October 7th massacre. But there's just one crucial word missing from it, says Frederick Attenborough: Hamas. Why?
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