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| Friday 13 November 2009 |
Erasing David and the fight for privacy rights
David Bond’s documentary makes a decent case for defending privacy, but it too often fails as investigative journalism.
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| Monday 13 July 2009 |
Why I broke the law
Investigative journalist Tessa Mayes bought heroin from a drug cartel and faked an ID to get hired in a brothel – because the stories were worth it.
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| Tuesday 12 May 2009 |
Swine flu conspiracy theories go viral
Tessa Mayes reports from Mexico on how the government’s reaction to the outbreak is seen as evidence of political intrigue.
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| Tuesday 5 May 2009 |
Putting Mexico in an isolation unit
Tessa Mayes reports from Mexico City on the country’s transformation into a diseased, pariah state.
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| Tuesday 28 April 2009 |
The day I was tested for swine flu
Tessa Mayes reports from Mexico City on what it's like to fall ill in the world capital of the new influenza strain.
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| Tuesday 25 November 2008 |
We need privacy and a free press
The actions of celebrities and journalists should be judged in the court of public opinion, not a court of law.
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| Tuesday 2 September 2008 |
Navel-gazing at the Edinburgh TV festival
We were promised a fiery debate about the role of news in the modern world... but we got news bosses bickering over technical issues.
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| Monday 28 July 2008 |
Cracking the whip against free speech
DEBATE: The Mosley case shows we must defend free expression for everyone - even titillating tabloid newspapers.
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| Thursday 10 April 2008 |
This inquest is wrong: the paps are innocent
The verdict in the inquest into Princess Diana’s death is perverse, and it could give rise to new and ominous restrictions on the free press.
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| Friday 4 April 2008 |
‘Mill is a dead white male with something to say’
Richard Reeves on JS Mill’s desire to inject public debate with truth, energy and freedom and to create a ‘whole society of heroes’.
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| Friday 28 March 2008 |
‘Mill is a dead white male
with something to say’
Richard Reeves, author of a brilliant new biography of JS Mill, talks to Tessa Mayes about Mill’s desire to inject public debate with truth, energy and freedom and give rise to a ‘whole society of heroes’.
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| Tuesday 25 March 2008 |
After that divorce, what now for privacy?
ESSAY: Heather Mills and Paul McCartney's very public spat throws up some intriguing questions about privacy, public space and liberty today.
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| Monday 3 March 2008 |
A potted history of media deference
The ‘gentleman’s agreement’ between editors and royals about Harry’s stint in Afghanistan is not the first time the media have bowed and scraped before royalty.
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| Monday 4 February 2008 |
Stalked by an overblown fear of crime
The latest British Crime Survey show that the authorities are now lumping together minor acts of annoyance with serious cases of sexual assault.
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| Monday 6 August 2007 |
Don’t steal this article - but please do discuss it
In the battle between stopping copyright theft online and promoting the free exchange of ideas and images, there is more at stake than 'business models'.
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| Monday 11 June 2007 |
Seeing the Diana crash through a new lens
Far from being in bad taste, the Channel 4 documentary about the paparazzi at Princess Diana's death scene brought home the importance of press freedom.
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| Thursday 3 May 2007 |
Browne and the new morality of ‘outing’
In the past, tabloids outed gay people in order to shame them; now they out gay people to show there’s nothing wrong with being gay.
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| Monday 23 April 2007 |
How about a bonfire of the Vanity Fairs?
The green issue of the US magazine - all Beautiful People photographed on glaciers - shows how pompous environmentalism has become.
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| Wednesday 11 April 2007 |
What’s worse than Big Brother? Little Brother
Tessa Mayes reports on how the British government is recruiting children to spy on and ‘re-educate’ the adult population.
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| Monday 2 April 2007 |
Harassing the paparazzi
The right to take pictures of and write about public figures is far more important than the privacy of Prince William's girlfriend.
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