The management of English-language Daily News Egypt calls time after seven years of service. Writers hope to keep website alive in defiance. One of the standout features in the past 14 months since the popular uprising that ousted Egypt’s former president Hosni Mubarak has been the emergence of a media that was outspoken, critical...
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How a Drug Addict and Murderer Became a “Legend”
‘It is absolutely clear that Raoul Moat was a callous murderer, full stop, end of story. There should be no sympathy for him.’ This was David Cameron, following the news of a Facebook group set up in honour of Raoul Moat. Fair enough. Moat was a murderer, amongst some other awful things, and instead...
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