Can we now assume that the Office for Students will undertake an investigation into how Sheffield Hallam infringed the academic freedom of Professor Murphy as they did into Sussex University and Prof. Kathleen Stock? Strangely missing from their quote. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

‘Prospect’ raises serious questions about the conduct of the Office for Students’ investigation into the University of Sussex and the trans debate.

A surprising history of our treatment of people with learning difficulties- those we used to call ‘idiots’ www.thenewworld.co.uk/ivor-gaber-h...

Today's Gaza update: 'At least 71 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn on Saturday, including 42 aid seekers.' (Al Jazeera)

What’s not to like?

Extraordinary!

Witheringly good.

‘Looking at borders from both sides’ - an insightful article by @ivorgaber.bsky.social for The New European. Gets to the heart of what I was writing about in Borderlines. app.theneweuropean.co.uk/story/135040...

This looks like a great event …. www.linkedin.com/posts/the-me...

EVENT REMINDER! Join us on May 2 for our free, online event: '101 days since the world changed – how the news media is responding' with @psuaffleck.bsky.social, @ivorgaber.bsky.social, @imkehenkel.bsky.social and Robert (Ted) Gutsche. Full details and how to register here: ajeuk.org/register-now...

Looks like a really interesting event ….. twitter.com/themediasoci...

A cautionary tale ….

Has Labour been hoist by its own over-anxious petard? www.theneweuropean.co.uk/ivor-gaber-t...

The president has Voice of America, a US version of the World Service, in his sights. But the motivations for his war on journalism go far beyond cost-cutting and anti-woke, writes @ivorgaber.bsky.social

The final panel at the #UKMediaFreedomForum look at how we can fight together against weaponised disinformation & malign interference. @ivorgaber.bsky.social is joined by Alina Tatarenko @coe.int, @julieposetti.bsky.social & Jonathan Bock to discuss this and reflect on the last two days

We're very excited to announce a new spring event! Join us for '101 days since the world changed – how the news media is responding' with @psuaffleck.bsky.social, @ivorgaber.bsky.social, @imkehenkel.bsky.social and Robert (Ted) Gutsche. Details and register here: ajeuk.org/register-now...

Why does @BBCNews when reporting ground-breaking research from the Weizmann Institute fail to mention it’s based in Israel?

Excellent article by Ash Sarker ( and I don’t always say that) The left keeps getting identity politics wrong – and the right is benefiting from that

A very warm welcome to the dozens of new subscribers to my Substack - and a quick reminder that there’s a 50% discount if you sign up as a paid subscriber before the end of the month.

who's surprised. . . #Israelis lie. . . #Tories steal . . it is who they are!

So why not? Not too much worth reading/following in that other place. Was rebranding Twitter as X one of the dumbest moves in the history of marketing though of course degrading the project might prove to have been the fatal step?

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #8,101,728!

Here’s why the Tories can no longer rely on the The Spectator theconversation.com/what-the-spe...

The outlook - not always bright - for the parties as the new parliamentary term begins www.theargus.co.uk/news/2456888...

The outlook - not always bright - for the parties as the new parliamentary term begins www.theargus.co.uk/news/2456888...

hi! my newsletter is about to turn one, which is exciting as I very much launched it as a leap in the dark after getting canned by the New Statesman for no obivous reason - it's doing pretty well and I mostly have a good time writing it, so I thought I'd post my five favourite free-to-read pieces: