excellent news
good to see some of my own comments in the letter also
Good pointer for the future, respond quickly and in print!
f
Frances Hendrix
Martin House Farm, Hilltop Lane, Whittle le Woods, Chorley, Lancs PR6 7QR,
UK
tel: 01257 274 833. fax: 01257 266 488
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Royan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: Author banned in Hackney [library] - for going off-message
about the Olympics
> Dear All
>
> We are delighted to see that Caroline's letter features in today's
> Guardian
> - see
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/oct/27/olympics-2012-iain-sinclair
>
> The Times has not the letter Caro sent to them, but we have posted the
> letter (slightly amended) in the comments box at the relevant piece which
> we
> used as a base for our comments - so far this does not appear to have been
> published as an online comment. The section is:
> http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article498
> 8250.ece
>
> Bruce
>
> ********************************************************
> Professor Bruce Royan, Trustee,
> CILIP
> (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals)
> 41 Greenhill Gardens, Edinburgh, EH10 4BL, UK (44) 131 447 3151
> ********************************************************
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Library and Information Professionals
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bruce Royan
> Sent: 23 October 2008 18:14
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Author banned in Hackney [library] - for going off-message
> about the Olympics
>
> I really do agree with you, Frances, and so do all the CILIP HQ staff and
> Councillors I've talked to about it so far. Council leader Caroline
> Moss-Gibbons has sent a stiff letter to the Times, and another to the
> Guardian, on the subject: let's see if these actually get published!
>
> As Caro says, not giving Sinclair a platform is a more controversial
> decision than giving him a platform would have been.
>
> CILIP continues to be committed in the support of freedom of expression
> and
> debate, and I think we all deplore Hackney Council's stance. Access should
> not be restricted on any grounds except that of the law.
>
> Bruce
>
> ********************************************************
> Professor Bruce Royan, Trustee,
> CILIP
> (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals)
> 41 Greenhill Gardens, Edinburgh, EH10 4BL, UK (44) 131 447 3151
> ********************************************************
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Library and Information Professionals
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Frances Hendrix
> Sent: 23 October 2008 17:23
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Author banned in Hackney [library] - for going off-message
> about the Olympics
>
> surely we do still have the freedom of speech, cant we get totally annoyed
> about the huge charade of the Olympics,the drugs, the insincerity, the
> waste
> and the cost of it all, without being banned from a library, which should
> be
> all about freedom of access to information and freedom to speech (within
> the
> limits of sensible comment i.e. not racist etc)
> The area sounds very evocative and reminiscent of Dickens.
> f
> Frances Hendrix
> Martin House Farm, Hilltop Lane, Whittle le Woods, Chorley, Lancs PR6 7QR,
> UK
> tel: 01257 274 833. fax: 01257 266 488
> email: [log in to unmask]
>
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