Peripheral Vision

a celebration of intellectual trespassing by a retired "social scientist" as he tries to make sense of the world..... Gillian Tett puts it rather nicely in her 2021 book “Anthro-Vision” - “We need lateral vision. That is what anthropology can impart: anthro-vision”.

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Sunday, December 2, 2012

Press Liberties

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The UK prides itself on its liberties – with freedom of speech and of the press being at the top of the list. But whose liberties have t...

Monday, March 12, 2012

Fighting Big Brother

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A year ago I had a rather brief post about the decline of journalism (three of my readers have already beaten me to this today!!) and hinte...

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Money silences

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A very important and revealing short piece on media freedom by Nick Cohen deserves a high profile - The grand posture of writers in libera...

Saturday, March 12, 2011

investigative journalism

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One of the basic claims of democracy is based on free expression. That, in turn, hinges on a free media. Study after study shows how little...

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nomadron: Bran-Rucar corridor, Carpathian mountains..., Romania; Can be contacted at bakuron2003@yahoo.co.uk Political refugee from Thatcher's Britain (or rather Scotland) who has been on the move since 1991. First in central Europe - then from 1999 Central Asia and Caucasus. Working on EU projects - related to building capacity of local and central government. Home base is an old house in the Carpathian mountains

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