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James Cameron remembered
Tonight at the 21st James Cameron memorial event, some excellent things. In order: An award for Ghaith Abdul-Ahad of the Guardian – terrific, I was lucky enough to get him on TV when I was at five. An absolute class act – architect/ photographer/ storyteller. An award for Peta Thorneycroft, redoubtable Zimbabwe correspondent of the…
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Reporting Terrorism
It’s nearly two years since I wandered away With the local battalion of the bold IRA, For I read of our heroes, and wanted the same To play out my part in the patriot game. I don’t mind a bit if I shoot down police They are lackeys for war never guardians of peace And…
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Alan Johnston: 100 days
Let’s keep him in our thoughts. On Monday, the BBC‘s Vin Ray shared an email from Johnston, recounting a story from Grozny. Here it is: I was with a journalist, not a BBC bloke, who very much liked being in a war zone, and during the battle for the city, we were in an abandoned…
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Reporting Terrorism: lecture preview
For the masochists amongst you, here’s a preview of my public lecture on reporting terrorism. It covers the UK. The headline? We need publicly available transcripts of all court proceedings and documents. Sounds boring put like that. Maybe it is! It’s nearly two years since I wandered awayWith the local battalion of the bold IRA,For…