Martin Bright
@martinbright.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Journalism at University of Essex, Editor-at-Large at Index on Censorship, founder of Creative Society
A beautuful tribite to Rachel Cooke from @timadamswrites.bsky.social Terribly sad news
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observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
A beautuful tribite to Rachel Cooke from @timadamswrites.bsky.social Terribly sad news
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRAa6a_... This song gets me even when it isn’t sung by Jesse Hughes from Eagles of Death Metal with the survivors of the Bataclan massacre.
France tv on Instagram: "Les frissons.🙏
Jesse Hughes, du groupe Eagles of Death Metal, chante le célèbre "You’ll never walk alone" avec le Chœur du 13, composé de survivants et de familles de victime...
120K likes, 1,630 comments - france.tv on November 13, 2025: "Les frissons.🙏
Jesse Hughes, du groupe Eagles of Death Metal, chante le célèbre "You’ll never walk alone" avec le Chœur du 13, composé de...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
www.instagram.com/reel/DRAa6a_... This song gets me even when it isn’t sung by Jesse Hughes from Eagles of Death Metal with the survivors of the Bataclan massacre.
I’ve been thinking about this piece by Rachele Dini all week. It’s a very depressing read, but beautifully done, which is some consolation: lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities | Los Angeles Review of Books
Rachele Dini discusses OpenAI’s “A Machine-Shaped Hand” and an academic sector in crisis.
lareviewofbooks.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I’ve been thinking about this piece by Rachele Dini all week. It’s a very depressing read, but beautifully done, which is some consolation: lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...
As ever @sundersays.bsky.social sets the right tone:
October 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
As ever @sundersays.bsky.social sets the right tone:
This is really rather good. I don’t know why I was sceptical. A sophisticated and mature take on a very difficult and morally complicated story. Journalist on journalist stories are never comfortable reading/viewing. Especially for journalists.
October 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This is really rather good. I don’t know why I was sceptical. A sophisticated and mature take on a very difficult and morally complicated story. Journalist on journalist stories are never comfortable reading/viewing. Especially for journalists.
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@freepress.bsky.social joined @wgawest.bsky.social today to protest ABC/Disney’s capitulation to the Trump administration’s calls to censor Jimmy Kimmel.
September 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
@freepress.bsky.social joined @wgawest.bsky.social today to protest ABC/Disney’s capitulation to the Trump administration’s calls to censor Jimmy Kimmel.
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The AI impersonation plot thickens...
Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. Are they related? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. Are they related? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. Are they related?
“Margaux Blanchard” appears to be one dubious element of a broader scheme to peddle bogus articles to a number of publications.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
The AI impersonation plot thickens...
Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. Are they related? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Business Insider yanked 40 essays with suspect bylines. Are they related? www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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The arrest of Graham Linehan over a series of posts on X has been a stark example of overpolicing what we say online in the UK. Index's @martinbright.bsky.social writes about the episode:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/09/the-...
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/09/the-...
The arrest of Graham Linehan is a cop and ball story - Index on Censorship
The Father Ted writer was arrested by five armed police officers on arrival in the UK over historic tweets on trans people
www.indexoncensorship.org
September 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The arrest of Graham Linehan over a series of posts on X has been a stark example of overpolicing what we say online in the UK. Index's @martinbright.bsky.social writes about the episode:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/09/the-...
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/09/the-...
Could you get in touch please? @gregwilliams718.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Could you get in touch please? @gregwilliams718.bsky.social
Join us this Tuesday for Land of the Free? A magazine launch and panel on #Trump's assault on free expression. With @ericawagner.bsky.social, @anveebhutani.bsky.social, and
@charlieholt.bsky.social.
📅 Tuesday 5 August
📍 St John's Waterloo
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/land-of-th...
@charlieholt.bsky.social.
📅 Tuesday 5 August
📍 St John's Waterloo
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/land-of-th...
Land of the free? Trump's war on press, protest and academic freedom
Join Index on Censorship for a magazine launch and panel discussion on the Trump administration's attack on freedom of expression
www.eventbrite.co.uk
July 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Join us this Tuesday for Land of the Free? A magazine launch and panel on #Trump's assault on free expression. With @ericawagner.bsky.social, @anveebhutani.bsky.social, and
@charlieholt.bsky.social.
📅 Tuesday 5 August
📍 St John's Waterloo
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/land-of-th...
@charlieholt.bsky.social.
📅 Tuesday 5 August
📍 St John's Waterloo
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/land-of-th...
Can we now talk about the American Dissident? A conversation with @benjaminnathans.bsky.social for @indexoncensorship.org www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/has-...
Has President Trump launched the age of the American dissident? - Index on Censorship
A new era of authoritarianism has dawned in the “land of liberty”. What can US political activists learn from those who defied Soviet repression?
www.indexoncensorship.org
July 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Can we now talk about the American Dissident? A conversation with @benjaminnathans.bsky.social for @indexoncensorship.org www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/has-...
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The term "dissident" emerged during the Cold War. Index was created at this time & worked with dissidents from the USSR.
So what can US political activists now learn from the original dissidents?
Index's editor-at-large @martinbright.bsky.social explores: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/has-...
So what can US political activists now learn from the original dissidents?
Index's editor-at-large @martinbright.bsky.social explores: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/has-...
Has President Trump launched the age of the American dissident? - Index on Censorship
A new era of authoritarianism has dawned in the “land of liberty”. What can US political activists learn from those who defied Soviet repression?
www.indexoncensorship.org
July 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The term "dissident" emerged during the Cold War. Index was created at this time & worked with dissidents from the USSR.
So what can US political activists now learn from the original dissidents?
Index's editor-at-large @martinbright.bsky.social explores: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/has-...
So what can US political activists now learn from the original dissidents?
Index's editor-at-large @martinbright.bsky.social explores: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/07/has-...
At risk of sounding like an old git, Glastonbury seems to be just a series of bland acts playing songs using the same intervals with that pop-country-Swedish vibe. It’s as predictable and predigested as the politics.
June 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
At risk of sounding like an old git, Glastonbury seems to be just a series of bland acts playing songs using the same intervals with that pop-country-Swedish vibe. It’s as predictable and predigested as the politics.
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As Health Secretary Wes Streeting announces a national inquiry into maternity care, revisit the ground-breaking investigation by Index's @martinbright.bsky.social on the culture of secrecy shrouding maternity services and women’s healthcare in #England:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/04/whis...
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/04/whis...
June 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
As Health Secretary Wes Streeting announces a national inquiry into maternity care, revisit the ground-breaking investigation by Index's @martinbright.bsky.social on the culture of secrecy shrouding maternity services and women’s healthcare in #England:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/04/whis...
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/04/whis...
I was delighted to hear about the release of political prisoners from Belarus, but the campaign must continue for others still detained. bjr.org.uk/handing-the-...
Handing the story to President Putin - BJR
America is pulling funding of uncensored radio stations just as Russia and China are raising their spending on state-controlled propaganda
bjr.org.uk
June 22, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I was delighted to hear about the release of political prisoners from Belarus, but the campaign must continue for others still detained. bjr.org.uk/handing-the-...
I keep hearing that we’ve seen this film before… www.officialsecretsfilm.co.uk/home/
Official Secrets: Cinema Screenings & Ticket Booking - The Official Showtimes Destination
Search for screenings / showtimes and book tickets for Official Secrets. See the release date and trailer. The Official Showtimes Destination brought to you by Entertainment One Ltd
www.officialsecretsfilm.co.uk
June 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I keep hearing that we’ve seen this film before… www.officialsecretsfilm.co.uk/home/
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Who has what of ours - and why?
observer.co.uk/culture/art/...
observer.co.uk/culture/art/...
Can we get our Turners back? British plea to the US raiders of our lost art | The Observer
Turner’s paintings are not the only British treasures in the US: a glut of Shakespeare’s first folios are in Washington, and the teddy bear that inspired Winnie the Pooh is in New York
observer.co.uk
May 8, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Who has what of ours - and why?
observer.co.uk/culture/art/...
observer.co.uk/culture/art/...
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The floral soul of the man who created unforgettable costumes for Audrey Hepburn and Margot Fonteyn: observer.co.uk/style/fashio...
Review: Cecil Beaton’s garden party | The Observer
A new exhibition reveals how the fashion photographer's stage outfits, which mesmerised the West End for half a century, were inspired by his perennials
observer.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The floral soul of the man who created unforgettable costumes for Audrey Hepburn and Margot Fonteyn: observer.co.uk/style/fashio...
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Pedro Pascal urges people to fight back against a scary US regime by not being fearful and so not “letting them win” #Eddington @cannesfilmfestival.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Pedro Pascal urges people to fight back against a scary US regime by not being fearful and so not “letting them win” #Eddington @cannesfilmfestival.bsky.social
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Harris Dickinson @cannesfilmfestival.bsky.social -ahead of acclaim today for his directorial debut #Urchin - explains his work with East London rough sleepers and addicts
May 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Harris Dickinson @cannesfilmfestival.bsky.social -ahead of acclaim today for his directorial debut #Urchin - explains his work with East London rough sleepers and addicts
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Opinion | We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S.
The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
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Support local journalism! Great independent initiative in Leicester...
May 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Support local journalism! Great independent initiative in Leicester...
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The same administration that issues executive orders about "restoring truth to American history" is eliminating archives of historical newspapers. It's almost like they don't mean what their performative EOs say.
Some sad confirmation from @bcgl.bsky.social while I was at UW last week—the National Digital Newspaper Program—which builds Chronicling America—has been shut down
Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss
About this Collection | Chronicling America | Digital Collections | Library of Congress
Search America's Historic Newspaper Pages through 1963 Please Note: The Library of Congress has transitioned the longstanding Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers website to this new digi...
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May 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The same administration that issues executive orders about "restoring truth to American history" is eliminating archives of historical newspapers. It's almost like they don't mean what their performative EOs say.