Terence Blacker

 

FROM THE INDEPENDENT

Stand up for the right to cause offence

For the first and I very much hope the last time, I share a problem with the celebrity hardman Vinnie Jones. We have both recently laid ourselves open to the charge of what is now known as “ableism”. Jones was reported to Ofcom when, during an interview for Celebrity Big Brother, he referred to the presenter ... Read full article

BLACKER BLOG

A day in prison

This week I spent a day  in prison, thanks to the good offices of the writers’ organization, English PEN.  I was part of an ongoing programme aimed to get  prisoners talking about their own writing and reading with professional authors. In a sense, the conversations I had with the men of  HMP Downview and, in the ... Read full article