
The 1984/85 miners’ strike – how the cartoonists saw it
The Miners’ strike came to an end 40 years ago this week and it was fitting that on 1 March a new book was launched covering an important aspect of the year-long action that has largely been overlooked, until now. The book, The Art of Class War: Newspaper Cartoonists...
Progress report on review into illegal snooping on journalists
Angus McCullough KC, the independent reviewer appointed by the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) to examine conduct by PSNI has issued a Progress Report: https://www.mcculloughreview.org/news/mccullough-review-progress-report in relation...

Investigative journalists illegally spied on
On Tuesday 17 December the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) in London ruled police officers acted illegally by spying on journalists Trevor Birney and his colleague Barry McCaffrey, in a bid to identify their sources. The ground breaking judgement found that in...