Denise Fahmy
Denise Fahmy has many years’ experience in arts administration. She is a visual arts specialist and worked for Arts Council England for 15 years. In 2023 an Employment Tribunal found Denise’s claim of harassment she’d experienced at ACE due to her gender critical beliefs, was well-founded. ACE subsequently apologized to her. Her legal costs were partly met by 1,284 well-wishers through a successful Crowd Justice campaign.
The art world must escape gender theory
Grim, irrational ideas still dominate the Arts
Artistic freedom is worth the risk
Arts Council England’s revised guidance offers cause for concern over freedom of expression
Against identitarian inclusivity
The good, the bad and the incoherent in Arts Council England’s inclusivity drives
Reject Naominomics
Ideas like Naomi Klein’s are bad for the economy (and for the environment)
What price justice?
Small disputes involving ordinary people are not a waste of the courts’ time
A neglected radical
Guillaume Guillon-Lethière was an artistic and social pioneer
The scarlet letter
A touchy-feely Labour government must embrace the ugly reality of business
Portraits in cowardice
Conservative MPs need to rediscover their spines if they want to be effective
Diversion, disruption and distinction
Being memorable and sticky guarantees a novel a long and healthy life
A lawyer in Number 10
What of prime minister-in-waiting Keir Starmer’s views on legal issues?
Alastair Campbell’s gender neutral nonsense
Alastair Campbell might not care about single-sex spaces, but women do
“Trad” theatre can still feel fresh
West End strikes a balance between keeping their spine and nostalgic appeal, whilst avoiding creakiness
This was a bad start to the week
More work for the BBC pronunciation unit