July 2009- Page 2

Mohammad Naseem, Chairman of the influential Birmingham Central Mosque (BCM), is well known for his ‘questions' regarding the true perpetrators of the July 7 terrorist attacks in London. Last weekend, he finally

Ours is a cowardly society. This is particularly true of the media and publishing industries. How else to explain the lack of attention paid to the Gibson Square incident.

There's an inspiring concert tonight at St Margaret's Church, Westminster: Breaking through the Silence is English PEN's Writers in Prison major fundraising event of the year, an evening of music and spoken

Last night I went to the 35th anniversary party for the Centre for Policy Studies, the think-tank which provided the intellectual impetus behind Thatcherism. There was a distinct smell of dust in

Michael Shields, a 22-year-old football fan serving 10 years in prison for the attempted murder of a Bulgarian waiter in 2005, was told today that he is unlikely to receive a free

Something a bit unusual this morning: a chance to watch a 20-minute interview with the greatest judge of his generation. You can see my discussion with Lord Bingham here.

Quicksilver Films should win every prize for last night’s Dispatches on the Mumbai murders. The most disgusting aspect of what I saw and heard were the recorded…