Back With A Bang!
Our Summer break’s over and we’re back with a bang tonight – with panellists that include the writers’ therapist Dr. Susan O’Doherty from New York, award-winning author and broadcaster Philippa...
View ArticleThe Devil & Google Are Raging Inside Me
The e-book is barely with us, yet already it’s threatening to undermine the whole publishing edifice. The news that Britain’s WH Smith and Amazon are apparently getting into a price war (Dan Brown at...
View ArticleIntroducing Donna’s Domain
What do The Diary of Adrian Mole, Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose and WikiLeaks have in common? You’ll be amazed! Plus fake reviews… fake kisses… and ways you can use the law to give your stories...
View ArticleA Town Called Sue
That’s what m’learned friends call London – A Town Called Sue – because it’s the libel capital of the world, where the courts have become casinos for the international rich and powerful to become… even...
View ArticleGoing Hyper
Secret prisoners… two weeks in jail for speaking to your lawyer… secret trials… where could this be? Libya? North Korea? Stalinist Russia? Not at all. Say hello to the United Kingdom – in the age...
View ArticleThe Truth About “The Jewel Of Medina”
“The Jewel Of Medina” has the reputation of being one of the most controversial books of recent years… on par with “The Satanic Verses” and the Danish cartoons of Mohammed for its ability to cause...
View ArticleLoot!
The Debriefer is back from our Summer hols… and our agenda is full to bursting with the Apple price fixing suit… why Harper Lee didn’t write again… What The UK riots mean for bookstores… yet another...
View ArticleBarney The Copyright Monster
A new and frightening way of limiting our free speech… How Barney got into a copyright mess… Why you should never sing Happy Birthday… and the inside poop on jury nullification. All this and more on...
View ArticleDonna Is Sheriff For A Day
This week we talk about Amazon taking its name a little too seriously, why Paramount wants a Mario Puzo screenplay to sleep with the fishes, a trademark battle over an ape man, putting pirates out of...
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