Brian Winston

Brian Winston was the founding director Glasgow Media Group (‘Bad News’ and ’More Bad News’). A media professional, he has published widely on media ethics. His books include Messages: free expression, media and the West from Gutenberg to Google, published in 2005, and his most recent book A Right to Offend: free expression in the Twenty-first Century was published in 2012.

Related Sessions
Thursday 26 September 2013, 7.15pm Déda, 19 Chapel St, Derby DE1 3GU

Publications

A Right to Offend: free expression in the Twenty-first Century (Bloomsbury Academic, 2010)
Messages: free expression, media and the West from Gutenberg to Google (Routledge, 2005)

Rebirth of the author?

"The Battle of Ideas is free of that stifling British squeamishness about the serious discussion of ideas. It offers a rare chance to join the dots in contemporary politics and culture."
Eliane Glaser, writer & broadcaster; author, Get Real

follow the Academy of Ideas