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Manifesto Club's visiting artist campaign was discussed in the House of Lords, 22 July 2010 Strangled and stifled by red tape, by Boyd Tonkin, Independent, 23 July 2010 Visa system – 'damaging to culture', by Lord Clement-Jones, ePolitix.com, 22 July 2010 The dangers of a burqa ban, Valerie Hartwich, Open Democracy, 19 July 2010 What’s criminal about a drink in the park?, Nicholas Thorne, spiked, 15 July 2010 Limiting the damage of binge drinking, Morning Advertiser 14 July 2010 Josie Appleton is interviewed on the burqa ban in Ode magazine (Dutch), August 2010 Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio Wales, discussing booze bans, on 14 July 2010 James Panton was on BBC Radio Scotland, discussing the regulation of alcohol, on 12 July 2010 Don’t tinker with the vetting rules: scrap them, Josie Appleton, spiked, 8 July 2010 Against the hyperregulation of alcohol, Josie Appleton's speech to Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum, 8 July 2010 Vetting scheme 'would not protect children as paedophiles operate online', Daily Telegraph, 29 June 2010 Ditched vetting scheme 'gave a boost to child safety', Yorkshire Post, 29 June 2010 Society Daily, Guardian, 25 June 2010 CRB checks have cost sector £220m in eight years, study claims, Third Sector, 24 June 2010 Volunteer cathedral flower arrangers threaten strike action over CRB checks, SWNS, 25 June 2010 http://www.bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/home/2010/06/crb-checks-rob-charities-of-350-million.html, Big Brother Watch blog, 24 June 2010 Blooming daft: Gloucester Cathedral flower volunteers face criminal checks, This is Gloucestershire, 25 June 2010 Josie Appleton was on BBC Radio Sussex and Radio Oxford on 24 June 2010, discussing the vetting and volunteering report Charities' £350m bill for criminal record checks on helpers and volunteers, Daily Mail, 24 June 2010 4million volunteers forced to undergo Criminal Records Bureau checks, Teegraph, 24 June 2010 Enough with pavement justice from badged busybodies, Liberty Central, 15 June 2010 Mayor calls for overhaul of visas to stop harm to capital's culture, Evening Standard, 7 June 2010 Recording and Reporting Incidents of Bullying Between Pupils, and Incidents of Abuse So far, so good – but there is more to come for ID cards, Open Democracy, 27 May 2010 Senior Arts Figures Warn Visa Rules are Threatening the Arts in Britain, Visual Arts and Galleries Association newsletter I'm off, but the struggle for civil liberties must go on, Henry Porter, Guardian, 21 May 2010 Aged 36 and can't get served, BBC News, 20 May 2010 Defend the Republic! Ban the burqa!, Josie Appleton, spiked, 19 May 2010 Points-based visa system alienates visitors to UK, The Times, 19 May 2010 Got any ID? These checks are out of hand, Josie Appleton, 14 May, Guardian Liberty Central Josie Appleton discussed the Campaign Against Vetting on BBC Radio Sheffield, 12 May 2010 Hung Out to Dry - Britain's Limp Result, Huffington Post, 7 May 2010 My ideal Queen's speech, Henry Porter, Guardian, 5 May 2010 Boy, nine, put in isolation for calling classmate 'chocolate', Sunday Telegraph, 25 April Iraqi artists denied entry to Britain for own exhibition, New Zealand Herald, 3 April "Debatte": Was ist so großartig am Wohlfahrtsstaat?', Die Presse (Austria), Sunday 25 April 2010 'What's so great about the welfare state?', James Panton, spiked, Wednesday 21 April 2010 James Panton reviewed the newspapers on Sky News, Friday 23 April 2010 at 20.10 and 23.10 James Panton was interviewed for Sky News on the implications of a hung parliament for UK politics, Saturday 24 April Iraqi artists denied entry to Britain for their own exhibition, Independent, 3 April 2010 Britain's reputation being damaged point by point, Valerie Hartwich, Open Democracy, 3 April 2010 New Labour’s Iron Curtain for artists, spiked, 17 March 2010 The Manifesto Club visiting artists campaign is reported on ABC (Espana), 17 March 2010; La Verdad (Espana), 17 March 2010; and Art Clair (France), 18 March 2010 Artists and academics regularly refused UK entry, say campaigners, Guardian, 17 March 2010 Crime checks foster suspicion and wreck child-adult relations, Josie Appleton, Scotsman, 15 March 2010 LSE still concerned about new visa system, The Beaver, 9 March 2010 Appel du Manifesto Club, horschamp.org (France), March 2010 ‘Hate registers’ criminalise kids for playground insults, by Josie Appleton, First Post, 11 March 2010 James Panton was on The Jeremy Vine Show, BBC Radio 2, debating the ethics of supermarkets, 4 March Pupils aged five on hate register: Teachers must log playground taunts for Government database, Daily Mail, 4 March 2010 Josie Appleton was on LBC radio, 4 March, discussing reporting of homophobic incidents in schools Valerie Hartwich discussed the UK Visa system on CNN India, 2 March Racialising the Playground, spiked review of books, February 2010 James Panton was interviewed by Auslandjournal, on ZDF television (Germany), discussing child protection in the UK, Wednesday 17 February 2010 James Panton reviewed the newspapers on Sky News on Tuesday 16 February 2010 Visa suspensions could affect legitimate students, Edinburgh Journal, 17 February 2010 UK universities being broken by border control measures, The Register, 12 February 2010 Stricter UK Student Visa rules increases university funding concerns, UK Visa Bureau, 11 February Building a fortress around British academia , spiked, 11 February 2010 Clampdown on overseas student visas sparks funding concerns, Guardian, 11 February 2010 Josie Appleton is on BBC Panorama, 'Are you a danger to kids?', 8 February 2010 The first step: admit drinking is normal, spiked, 4 February 2010 ‘We’re afraid of our kids, and we’re afraid for them’, spiked, 3 February 2010 Hokey Pokey Racist? Will Hate Crime Legislation Criminalize Our Kids?, 1 February 2010 Josie Appleton is quoted in Council snoopers question five-year-olds on home life, Daily Mail, 30 January 2010 The UK Home Office: Unwelcome arbiters of culture, Open Democracy, 17 January 2010 Doctors and nurses could see careers 'ended unfairly by ISA', Daily Telegraph, 11 January 2010 Government accused of encouraging people to report each other for 'hate crimes', Daily Telegraph, 24 December 2009 Change in 2010, Blueprint Magazine, 17 December 2009 Playing it too safe?, Emine Saner, Guardian, 30 December 2009 The Manifesto Club's campaign against booze bans is cited in Dry Campus?, by Alan Miller, Huffington Post, 28 December 2009 Visa restrictions 'damaging' to arts, epolitix, 14 December 2009 House of Lords question on points-based Visa system, Theyworkforyou.com, 15 December 2009 CRB checks routinely carried out on 13 and 14-year-olds, Daily Telegraph, 14 December 2009 Still absurd, insulting and authoritarian, Josie Appleton and James Panton, spiked-online, 14 December 2009 Every parent a suspect, Henry Porter, Guardian Liberty Central, 14 December 2009 Ed Balls pressured to rethink children's vetting scheme in wake of U-turn, Daily Telegraph, 14 December 2009 Ed Balls to scale down Big Brother checks, Daily Express, 14 December 2009 13-year-olds facing criminal checks, UKPA, 14 December 2009 Josie Appleton was on BBC News and BBC Radio Wales, and James Panton was on Sky News and Channel 4 News arguing that the government's partial climbdown on vetting is inadequate, 13 December 2009 Ed Balls under pressure to rethink entire vetting scheme, Telegraph.co.uk, 13 December 2009 Parent helpers to still face criminal checks despite 'sham' government U-turn, Daily Mail, 13 December 2009 'Sick society' warning as number of criminal checks on children doubles, Daily Mail, 7 December 2009 Nearly 127,000 children forced to have criminal record checks each year, Daily Telegraph, 6 December 2009 (reported on the Today programme, 7.40am, 6 December). Josie Appleton was quoted in Police warn parents against buying toy guns a Christmas presents, The Times, 4 December 2009 The Manifesto Club's Visiting Artists campaign is discussed in New Order on The Border: United Kingdom Shuts Out the Arts, by Catherine Wilson, ArtAsiaPacific Magazine, November/December 2009 Citizens, do your civic duty, Josie Appleton, Guardian 11 November 2009 15,000 people criminalised by Criminal Records Bureau over past six years, Daily Telegraph, 11 November 2009 A new type of activism is being born, Josie Appleton, Open Democracy, 9 November 2009 The ISA: the great child protection racket, Sunday Times, 8 November 2009 James Panton discussed the report, The Myth of Racist Kids, on BBC Breakfast, 5 November 2009 James Panton was a panellist on Moral Maze, 4 November 2009 Could your child be branded a racist next?, by Adrian Hart, Daily Mail, 4 November 2009 Group raps playground 'race police', Metro, 31 October 2009 Thousands of nursery school children branded racist by teachers… before they know what the word means, National Policy Institute, 31 October Group raps playground 'race police', Press Association, 31 October 2009 Manifesto Group report unacceptable and irresponsible' says NASUWT, 31 October 2009 Playground spats 'blown into racism', Politics.co.uk, 31 October 2009 Trick or treaters will feel the full weight of the law, Josie Appleton, Daily Express, 30 October 2009 Josie Appleton discussed vetting on BBC Breakfast, 30 October 2009 We must outlaw Political Correctness as ruthlessly as it has trampled on our liberties, Daily Telegraph, 30 October 2009 Thousands of nursery school children branded racist by teachers... before they know what the word means, Mail, 29 October 2009 Schools reporting 40,000 racism cases a year, Daily Telegraph, 29 October 2009 Sinister tendencies, Telegraph View on 'The Myth of Racist Kids', 29 October 2009 UK schools report 40,000 cases of racism every year: Report, Sindh Today (Pakistan), 29 October 2009 (also in Trak.in, India) Number of racist incidents reported in schools tells us more about the mindset of officials than children, by Josie Appleton, Daily Telegraph, 29 October 2009 Adrian Hart discussed the Myth of Racist kids on 29 October on BBC Radio 2's The Jeremy Vine Show, BBC Radio 4's PM Programme, More 4, BBC South-East, LBC Radio. 'The Myth of Racist Kids' was covered in the London Evening Standard and London Lite on 29 October. James Panton is quoted on vetting in Children and Young People Now, 19 October 2009 James Panton is quoted on booze bans in the Hackney Gazette, 21 October 2009 Josie Appleton is quoted on vetting in the Telegraph, 19 October 2009 The Manifesto Club's upcoming report on anti-racist policies is in the Observer, 18 October 2009 James Panton was a guest on BBC Radio Two's The Jeremy Vine Show, on 12 October at 1.05pm, discussing the UK Parliament's retrospective review of MPs expenses James Panton was a guest on BBC Radio Two's The Jeremy Vine Show, discussing the media furore over a UK academic who wrote about 'lust' between academics and students. James Panton and Pauline Hadaway discussed our report, Policing the Public Gaze, with Brisbane based independent radio station 4zzz The Manifesto Club's report on the regulation of photography is on HLN (Belgium), 13 October Josie Appleton is quoted on the Cardiff booze ban, on BBC News, 5 October The Manifesto Club's salon on the regulation of photography was blogged on the street photography site, sevensevennine Josie Appleton was on the Radio Wales phone-in on booze bans, 5 October, 12.45-1.30 Josie Appleton has an article on mobile phone bans in nurseries, on Guardian's Liberty Central, Monday 5 October The Manifesto Club's campaign against vetting was covered by the Spanish newssite, Aspresnsa, 3 October 2009 Pauline Hadaway was on Radio Ulster, 6.30pm, 28 September 2009 Josie Appleton is referenced in A flawed law Fleet Street failed to spot, Observer, 20 September 2009 Photography: a model of lost liberty, by Josie Appleton, Guardian, 17 September 2009 The Campaign Against Vetting is referenced in Libertarianism on the rise?, Henry Porter, Guardian Unlimited, 17 September 2009 The Manifesto Club's vetting campaign is reported in Public Service, Soham detective attacks vetting plan; and on the Register, Government swiftly backpedals on vetting scheme James Panton discussed the government's vetting database on Canal 6, France The Manifesto Club's report on the regulation of photography was discussed in the Daily Mail, Paranoia surrounding paedophiles 'stops us taking pictures of our children', 17 September 2009; and the Daily Telegraph, Paranoia on child protection damaging family photos, 17 September 2009; and also in Photozine, and British Photography Journal The Manifesto Club's report on the restriction of photography was discussed on 17 September on BBC Radio Essex, and Radio Manx James Panton discussed vetting on 11 September 2009 on: the phone-in on BBC Radio Wales from 12-12.45; on the BBC Television News at One shortly after 1pm; on BBC Radio Northampton from 1.30 - 2pm; and on BBC Radio Five Live Josie Appleton spoke against the vetting database on the World at One, on 11 September 2009 (starts 15min40); and also on 11 September on BBC Radio Humberside. James Panton is quoted in Volunteer register is 'insulting', Daily Express, 11 September 2009 The Manifesto Club is quoted in Which is more important: child protection or civil liberties?, Daily Telegraph, 9 September 2009 Josie Appleton is quoted in Independent Safeguarding Authority could bar 'lonely' people from working with children, Daily Telegraph, 8 September 2009 Josie Appleton is interviewed in The Report's investigation of CRB checks, Radio 4, 13 August 2009 (starts at 7min50) Attention Please is reviewed on the US website, Stats, 7 August 2009 The Manifesto Club's petition against vetting is discussed on Open Democracy, 8 August 2009 Josie Appleton is quoted in Paedophile database 'will catch people unnecessarily', Daily Telegraph, 6 August 2009 Attention Please is discussed in Des villes et villages envahis de panneaux de signalisation, Impact News (Mauritius), 6 August 2009 Teenage volunteers to face vetting Public Service, 3 August 2009 Josie Appleton has an article on the Guardian's Liberty Central, on the vetting database, 5 August 2009 Our report, 'Regulating Trust', is discussed in Computer World and on the Register Josie Appleton is profiled in the Financial Times Magazine, in a feature on new forms of political protest: Dissenters transform the art of protest, 1 August 2009 Vetting of authors in schools - is it needed?, by Jennie Bristow, The Times Alpha Mummy blog, 31 July 2009 Josie Appleton's inside story on the new vetting database was reported in the Daily Telegraph The Manifesto Club's 'No Means No!' publication on the EU was mentioned in an article on Un Monde Libre James Panton was a witness on BBC Radio 4's The Moral Maze. The topic was 'Holidays - is it time we recalculated the moral, environmental, and human rights cost of our two weeks in the sun? Josie Appleton is quoted in the Daily Telegraph, The Campaign Against Booze Bans is discussed in Give us some space, by Claire Fox, Localgov Attention Please is reviewed in GizMag Oppose Home Office restrictions on foreign artists, July 2009 The Manifesto Club's Visa campaign is reported on AllAfrica.com Attention Please is reviewed in The American, August 2009 Attention Please is reviewed in Creative Review, 16 July 2009 Immigration Minister Retaliates Against Protest Over Artists' Visa Restrictions, artdaily.org, 16 July 2009 The Cabaret Without Borders is reported on WorldBytes Attention Please is reported in Design Week Stopping culture at our borders, by Henry Porter, Guardian, 11 July 2009 James Panton discussed the announcement that scientists in Newcastle have achieved the world's first creation of human sperm from stem cells on the Jeremy Vine Show, BBC Radio 2, Wednesday 8 July. Listen again here. Item starts at 1hr 15 minutes. Attention Please is discussed on the French news source, Zigonet: Des villes et villages envahis de panneaux de signalisation autoritaires et envahissants James Panton is quoted in Der Standard: Tanzen, feiern, rechen: Die Waffen der neuen Guerilla The Manifesto Club is quoted in Adam Smith Institute blog The Manifesto Club's campaign against booze bans is discussed in Brighton residents want controlled drinking zone axed, The Publican London Mayor Boris Johnson has written about the the Manifesto Club's Attention Please project in his article, Health and safety fears are making Britain a safe place for extremely stupid people, Daily Telegraph, 6 July 2009 CHINGFORD: Community sports day a success, Guardian (Waltham Forest, England), 2 July 2009 Tim Abrahams writes about Blueprint's and the Manifesto Club's experiments in public space in A public nuisance New Statesman, 2 July 2009 Josie Appleton has a comment piece in the Daily Express, 'Signs of Stupidity', 2 July 2009 Demanding freedom to drink in peace, the Manifesto Club's campaign is reported in the Brighton Argus Towns and countryside blighted by 'bossy and patronising' safety signs, Daily Telegraph, 2 July 2009 'Attention Please' was reviewed in the 'What the Papers Say' section of the Today Programme, Radio Four, 2 July 2009 Elf n' safety warning: You could die laughing Lambeth strefą wolną od alkoholu?, Goniec.com, 1 July 2009 Josie Appleton discussed booze bans on BBC London Breakfast Show on 30 June 2009 Josie Appleton is quoted in the BBC News story Alcohol free zone plan considered, 30 June 2009 Booze bans – the new frontier of joyless regulation, by Henry Porter, Guardian liberty central blog, 29 June 2009 UK visa regime brings bad karma, The South African, 29 June 2009 Dan Travis was on BBC Breakfast (TV), and then BBC Radio Essex, discussing the campaign against Booze Bans in Brighton, 29 June 2009. Josie Appleton was on Radio 5 Live Breakfast News, and BBC Radio Berkshire, discussing the campaign against Booze Bans in Brighton, 29 June 2009. The Manifesto Club's report on visiting artists is reviewed in the International Review of Race Relations, June 2009 WINE WITH YOUR PICNIC? SORRY...IT'S AGAINST THE LAW, Daily Express, 26 June 2009 Josie Appleton discussed booze bans on TalkSport radio on 25 June 2009 A glass of wine with your picnic? It's against the law, The Times, 25 June 2009 Amend smoking ban, save pubs — says new campaign, Morning Advertiser (UK pub trade journal), 23 June 2009 The 'UK Arts and Culture: Cancelled, by Order of the Home Office' report is quoted extensively in New Visa Rules Threaten Dozens of U.K. Concerts and Festivals, World Music Central, 19 June 2009 Our Cabaret without Borders is mentioned in Allison Crowe Band: Triumphant in Europe, Unique in Canada, PR-inside.com, 19 June 2009 CHINGFORD: Sunday sports day for volunteers, Guardian (Waltham Forest, England), 17 June 2009 Visa system forces Welsh-based Russian ballet company to axe 2009 programme, The Stage, 9 June 2009 New visa rules are a barrier to art, by Rupert Christiansen, Telegraph, 8 June 2009 В визе отказано - гастроли отменяются, BBC Russian service, 8 June 2009 Bruno Waterfield mentions his Manifesto Club report in his Telegraph blog. The Manifesto Club's report on cancelled arts events is reported in a feature in The Times; and in Public Service; in Western Mail, Wales; in Canada's National Post; PR Inside; Arts Info. Josie Appleton writes on the regulation of pubs in Reason Magazine. Bruno Waterfield's 'No Means No!' essay is cited in EU oligarchs help far right prosper, by Frank Furedi, The Australian, 4 June 2009 The Manifesto Club's Visiting Artists campaign was mentioned in Henry Porter's column in the Observer, 31 May 2009 James Panton was a guest on BBC TV's The Big Questions, on Sunday 17 May 2009, discussing MP's expenses. James Panton answered questions for a quick guide to ID Cards, published in the Oxford University student newspaper, Cherwell, on Monday 18 May 2009 James Panton discussed David Cameron's proposed parliamentary reforms on 5 Live Breakfast at 7.05 am, on Tuesday 26 May 2009. Manick Govinda, head of the Manifesto Club's campaign against Visa controls, was quoted in Canadian musician held for 11 hours at Gatwick before deportation, Daily Telegraph, 21 May 2009 Our Manifesto Club night was referenced in Renewal, reform, responsibility - the three 'Rs' every MP needs to learn, Henry Porter, Observer, 17 May 2009 Josie Appleton is quoted criticising child protection legislation in We are all suspects in the new inquisition's eyes, by Camilla Cavendish, The Times, 1 May 2009 The Manifesto Club campaign against Visa restrictions is covered in Russia Today, and also by Tony Hall in the Daily Telegraph. Britain’s red light to overseas artists, by Manick Govinda, spiked, 23 February 2009 The Manifesto Club's visiting artist petition was discussed on Axis website The Manifesto Club's petition against restrictions on international artists and academics was reported in the Digital Journal. The Manifesto Club's campaign against restrictions on international artists and academics was reported in a news story in the Observer, and launched with a a letter to the editor, signed by high-profile arts figures including artist Antony Gormley, Sandy Nairne, director of the National Portrait Gallery, and Nicholas Hytner, director of the Royal National Theatre. James Panton argued against a proposed booze ban in Swindon on BBC Radio Wiltshire, 6 January 2009 |
