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HCHR Gathering

“Civil Society and Local Communities”

The panel of four leading writers, Al Alvarez – arguing for John Donne, Rowan Pelling, Deborah Moggach – arguing for Arnold Bennett, and Hardeep Singh Kohli – arguing for Ian Rankin, will each make an impassioned case for their favourite authors, but their fates are in your hands. Chaired by Jonathan Heawood.

The panel of four leading writers, Al Alvarez – arguing for John Donne, Rowan Pelling, Deborah Moggach – arguing for Arnold Bennett, and Hardeep Singh Kohli – arguing for Ian Rankin, will each make an impassioned case for their favourite authors, but their fates are in your hands. Chaired by Jonathan Heawood.

Reuters and Global Voices launch a new award to recognise campaigners for freedom of expression online. The Breaking Borders Award will reward the use of online tools by individuals, campaign groups and government groups to promote and protect freedom of expression.

Reuters and Global Voices launch a new award to recognise campaigners for freedom of expression online. The Breaking Borders Award will reward the use of online tools by individuals, campaign groups and government groups to promote and protect freedom of expression.

As part of the Centre for Investigative Journalism Investigative Film Week, producer Tracy Worcester and associate producer Alastair Kenneil will discuss how to avoid libel and lawsuits when conducting investigations after a screening of their film Pig Business. The documentary charts the four-year investigation into the industrialisation of pig farming.

Michael Scammell discusses his acclaimed biography of Arthur Koestler –– writer, journalist and author of Darkness at Noon, one of the finest political novels of the 20th century.

In a talk chaired by LSE Director Howard Davies, Lee Bollinger, President of Columbia University, will present his new book ‘Uninhibited, Robust, and Wide-Open: A Free Press for new Century‘ and discuss the freedoms of speech and the press.