Neil Arun didn’t want to miss a rare but risky opportunity to embed with an Iraqi police unit, hunting members of al Qaeda. But his employers -- responsible for Neil’s security -- weren’t happy. This film by Richard Pendry nvestigates how a frontline journalist balances risk and reward.
Banish propriety, abandon caution and prepare to laugh: Julie Burchill, the 51 year-old former 'hip young gun slinger' and, more recently, superstar polemicist, has a new column in the Independent. There are several reasons to celebrate - let's start with the evidence that Alexander Lebedev can afford to invest in expensive columnists - but king among them - for me at least - is that JB remains an acute, challenging and funny voice in a market where too many are constrained by fear that they might offend somoene. She will offend lots of people, deliberately. Read her first Indy column here.
