Because of my interests and network of friends in the business, things of interest often cross my virtual (and real) desk. Sometimes they are surprising. This time my jaw is still laying under the desk and I am applying a healthy dose of skepticism until I really, really am sure these are real and not exceedingly good fakes. I do not think they are and I have examined them closely. The first is th...

I sit down in the chair behind the desk. His desk. I put my feet up on the desk - His chair. His desk. His office. His secretary - I knock on the desk. Don's desk. I ask, "Whose is this desk, love?" "It's yours now," whispers Mrs Jean Reid. "Whose was this desk?" "Mr Revie's." "I want it burnt then." "Pardon?" exclaims Mrs Jean Reid. "I want this desk burnt," I tell her again. "The chairs and all....

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Earlier today I Twittered a photo of my desk at home: ConHome regular Mark Fulford has now submitted a photo of the place from which he leaves his erudite comments: Email in some pics and I'll post your desk view...

The Convention on Modern Liberty has a packed agenda, and I hope it is an event which will lead to some real substantial action. Our liberties have been under attack like never before, yet so far the response has been woefully inadequate and timid, with a few notable exceptions. But, the biggest problem is

This blog will be hosting the latest Carnival on Modern Liberty on Friday evening. (Here is a link to last week's Carnival to give you an idea of the usual content,) I would welcome your recommendations of blog articles on the following topics from the past week: Action: ideas and initiatives for raising awareness of civil liberty-related issues.Events: civil-liberty related events that you a...

John Novis is the head of photography for our international office (although he works here in London just a couple of desks away from me) and his job description is an enviable one. Images from Greenpeace photographers all over the world cross his desk, whether it's from an action in Mexico or a research trip across the Arctic. But John's also an accomplished photographer and occasionall...

On February 29th individuals from across the United Kingdom will converge upon London to participate in the Convention on Modern Liberty. At stake are our freedoms, many of them long established English liberties, threatened, and encroached upon, by an authoritarian British state. Joining organisations like Liberty, No2ID and Amnesty will be the Campaign for an

The Convention for Modern Liberty in London, this Saturday, is sold out! That’s 1000 tickets gone people - a massive achievement in itself. Clearly there is a huge hunger across the country to reclaim our civil liberties back. If you haven’t got your London ticket or couldn’t make it down anyway, then there are other ways

The Convention on Modern Liberty sessions in London seems to have sold out - at least one thousand attendees are expected. Extra capacity seems to have been laid on for the Glasgow satellite session. If you cannot get to London or to any of the regional events also being held today in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Glasgow and Manchester , then you might get a flavour of what is...