Martin Bright
@martinbright.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Journalism at University of Essex, Editor-at-Large at Index on Censorship, founder of Creative Society
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.
I’ve done an investigation into this list and it’s mainly star presenters and big name editors - very few actual investigative journalists.
May 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I’ve done an investigation into this list and it’s mainly star presenters and big name editors - very few actual investigative journalists.
RIP Olivia Hussey. My first love. And now she will never know.
December 28, 2024 at 3:48 PM
RIP Olivia Hussey. My first love. And now she will never know.
Just taken delivery of the music edition of @indexoncensorship.org which looks great
December 27, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Just taken delivery of the music edition of @indexoncensorship.org which looks great
Also good to see Selma French
December 16, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Also good to see Selma French
Euros Childs at @thelexingtonlondon.bsky.social Great way to spend Sunday evening.
December 16, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Euros Childs at @thelexingtonlondon.bsky.social Great way to spend Sunday evening.
Inter-generational gig-going. King Creosote in Nottingham.
November 23, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Inter-generational gig-going. King Creosote in Nottingham.
Highgate Wood in Autumn. I love this place.
November 18, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Highgate Wood in Autumn. I love this place.
Paying tribute to the Observer’s Paul Webster last night. Genuinely moving speeches from Lucy Rock and @soniasodha.bsky.social
November 15, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Paying tribute to the Observer’s Paul Webster last night. Genuinely moving speeches from Lucy Rock and @soniasodha.bsky.social
This is an odd mix of memoir, diary entries and straight reporting. The section on the blitz is remarkable.
November 12, 2024 at 6:50 PM
This is an odd mix of memoir, diary entries and straight reporting. The section on the blitz is remarkable.
Gig at Hackney Church to mark the 50th anniversary of Big Star’s Radio City. Magical.
November 1, 2024 at 8:27 AM
Gig at Hackney Church to mark the 50th anniversary of Big Star’s Radio City. Magical.
Catching up with live acts I love on “record”. Joan As Policewoman at the Union Chapel was something special.
October 18, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Catching up with live acts I love on “record”. Joan As Policewoman at the Union Chapel was something special.
I was a consultant producer on this programme for Sky History about the Holocaust on British soil. Hopefully it’s just the start.
October 17, 2024 at 9:10 PM
I was a consultant producer on this programme for Sky History about the Holocaust on British soil. Hopefully it’s just the start.
Bill Ryder-Jones playing his album, Iechyd Da, from start to finish at the Barbican last night. Very special.
October 17, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Bill Ryder-Jones playing his album, Iechyd Da, from start to finish at the Barbican last night. Very special.
It was a privilege to cohost a private screening of Oleg Chorny’s film From Babyn Yar to Freedom last night at JW3 with Dash Arts. Index on Censorship will continue to press for the film’s release.
September 19, 2024 at 9:44 AM
It was a privilege to cohost a private screening of Oleg Chorny’s film From Babyn Yar to Freedom last night at JW3 with Dash Arts. Index on Censorship will continue to press for the film’s release.
I took this photo of the road up to my hotel in Oslo tonight and I can’t believe how beautiful it is.
August 27, 2024 at 10:05 PM
I took this photo of the road up to my hotel in Oslo tonight and I can’t believe how beautiful it is.
… and here they are. What a glorious crew!
August 26, 2024 at 5:57 PM
… and here they are. What a glorious crew!
… and here they are. What a glorious crew!
August 26, 2024 at 5:53 PM
… and here they are. What a glorious crew!
The multiple ironies of a column by a Russian oligarch called Brave New World won’t be lost on… anyone. Someone at the Evening Standard is having a massive joke at the expense of the proprietor.
August 8, 2024 at 4:58 PM
The multiple ironies of a column by a Russian oligarch called Brave New World won’t be lost on… anyone. Someone at the Evening Standard is having a massive joke at the expense of the proprietor.
Genuinely puzzled by this. There are quite a lot of Zionists in Finchley! And many of them would stand shoulder to shoulder with refugees. Some of them may even be migrants or the children of migrants…
August 7, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Genuinely puzzled by this. There are quite a lot of Zionists in Finchley! And many of them would stand shoulder to shoulder with refugees. Some of them may even be migrants or the children of migrants…