‘Cancel culture is stifling new writers’: Nobel-winning novelist Sir Kazuo Ishiguro warns that young authors are having to self-censor amid a ‘climate of fear’ The Never Let Me Go novelist said he is concerned for less established writers He fears authors are avoiding writing from other people’s perspectives He is the latest writer to warn … Read more
Gordon Ramsay has revealed he had to cancel over 22,000 bookings for his restaurants in December before England was plunged into its third lockdown. The chef, 54, who owns 35 restaurants across the UK, said the effect Covid has had on the hospitality industry is ‘devastating,’ but he remains optimistic his business could re-open by … Read more
Footy star Brendan Fevola reveals he and stepdaughter Mia have been forced to cancel their joint 40th and 21st birthday party due to the strict Melbourne lockdown By Chloe-lee Longhetti For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:19 GMT, 16 February 2021 | Updated: 05:21 GMT, 16 February 2021 Former AFL star Brendan Fevola may have been … Read more
Half of Britons fear freedom of speech is ‘under threat’ in the UK as rampant ‘cancel culture’ scares people out of speaking their minds, a poll has found. Some 50 per cent of Britons feel it is harder to share their honest thoughts on controversial topics such as immigration or transgender rights now than it … Read more
Universities and colleges will be fined for suffocating free speech on campuses, ministers have warned. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson will this week unveil a ‘free speech champion’ who will have the power to defend students and academics. Institutions which try to cancel people due to their views will be penalised as part of the government’s … Read more
‘If anyone’s going to lose, you think I would’: Radio host Kyle Sandilands explains why he’s seemingly immune to ‘cancel culture’ despite a string of controversies By Nicole Douglas For Daily Mail Australia Published: 22:30 GMT, 10 February 2021 | Updated: 22:34 GMT, 10 February 2021 He’s been a magnet for controversy over the years, … Read more
Politicians, prominent intellectuals, and academics in France have voiced concern that ‘out-of-control leftism and cancel culture’ from the United States is threatening French identity. They are arguing that American ideas on race, gender, post-colonialism – especially those coming from U.S. universities – are undermining French society and are an attack on French heritage. The collection … Read more
Parents have been left fuming at headteachers who told their children to play in the snow instead of taking online lessons on Zoom. As large parts of the UK were hit with snow from Storm Darcy, some headteachers took it upon themselves to call a ‘snow day’ for home school students, scrapping online lessons and … Read more
Austria Austria, has, according to latest data, recorded 75 cases of the South African variant and 25 of the British variant. It has recently warned against non-essential travel to its Alpine province of Tyrol because of an outbreak of the so-called South African variant of the coronavirus there, the government said in a statement on … Read more
Andrew Neil has today slammed ‘woke warriors’ for trying to cancel his new GB News station before it even starts. The former BBC presenter laid into activists after they launched a sabotage campaign against his soon-to-be-launched TV channel. Twitter activists are urging firms not to advertise with the new station under the hashtag ‘Don’tBackGBNews’, because they … Read more