Robert Sharp is Head of Campaigns at English PEN. He blogs at robertsharp.co.uk
March 2014
Free speech will suffer if politicians get tough on offensive tweets
Robert Sharp
Robert Sharp: Thanks to online abuse, MPs may be about to remove our right to be offensive. But giving offence is a vital part of democracy
April 2012
liberty central
Hit Günter Grass with poetry, not a travel ban
Robert Sharp
Robert Sharp: Banning Grass from Israel amounts to state censorship. Let individuals make their own minds up – and protest if they wish
August 2011
Guardian Comment Network
Always link, even to your enemies
Robert Sharp for Liberal Conspiracy, part of the Guardian Comment Network
Robert Sharp for Liberal Conspiracy: Linking out lends blogs credibility and avoids charges of obfuscation. Citing sources in this way should be the standard
May 2010
liberty central
Behzti is no longer taboo
Robert Sharp
Robert Sharp: An unpublicised reading of the cancelled Sikh play proved excuses for its continued censorship have been demolished
June 2009
liberty central
Anti-free speech? UK courts can help
Robert Sharp
Robert Sharp: Libel tourism is rife in our courts – and the UK legal system is becoming utterly discredited abroad as result
March 2009
liberty central
We need a Way of the Blogs
Robert Sharp
Robert Sharp: The libel bind: How can religions achieve redress for a perceived offence? There's a lesson to be learnt online
