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Against the hyperregulation of alcohol, Josie Appleton's speech to Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum
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

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The TES of 14 November mentions the Hands Off Poetry! petition in connection with AQA's removal of a Gary Glitter song from its music syllabus following complaints by outraged individuals and children's charities. See here

The Times Educational Supplement of 24 October has a piece about the Hands Off Poetry petition.

Shirley Dent mentioned the petition in her article for The Independent's blog, Open House.

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