Amia Srinivasan · Cancelled: Can I speak freely? · LRB 29 June 2023

Most of us would find it horrible to be told that we aren’t worth engaging with, that our views are socially...

Vol. 45 No. 13 · 29 June 2023 Cancelled Amia Srinivasan writes about free speech on campus Share on Bluesky Share on Facebook Share Email Print 9974 words A rif Ahmed ​ , a professor of philosophy at Cambridge University, has been appointed the UK's first 'free speech tsar'. The position - Ahmed's official title will be director for freedom of speech and academic freedom - is a creation of the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act, which passed into law in May. Ahmed will work out of the Office for Students and have the power of 'monitoring and enforcing' regulations that impose on un

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