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.
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
Representation gets raunchy
We have to stop the patronising pandering to communities in the name of “representation”
The erotic art book banned by a pope
A rich tale of great artists, pornography and the papacy has made I Modi one of the most fabled of all books
Killing the golden goose
International student numbers must be capped, and candidates held to the same academic standards
The age of the news influencer
TikTok reveals a broader existential crisis facing the media and our consumption of the news
Parklife people
This book has a brilliant premise but, frustratingly, it doesn’t quite work
From cholera to coronavirus
A forgotten novel offers insights into living with a deadly and dehumanising pandemic
It’s time to transition babies
Even in the womb, many foetuses can sense their own trans identity
In the name of God, lead
The Prime Minister appears terrified of making a stand against racism in his own party
Jolyon’s little investigation
Questions have emerged about the founder of the Good Law Project’s approach to privacy
Reclaiming free speech in academia
Proposed Office for Students guidelines make for an imperfect but promising start