Honorary Associate: Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens
Christopher Hitchens began his journalism career in London in 1971. After emigrating to the United States in 1981, he has established himself as a columnist and contributing editor, book reviewer and essayist for a wide array of publications from The Nation to Vanity Fair. Mr. Hitchens has also authored numerous books including Cyprus: Hostage to History; The Elgin Marbles; The Monarchy: A Critique of Britain's Favorite Fetish; The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa In Theory and Practice, and many others. Mr. Hitchens is the recipient of the 1992 Lannan Foundation Literary Award for Non-Fiction and the 1996 Professional Integrity Award from the Society of Print and Broadcast Media.
Christopher Hitchens is the author of God Is Not Great.
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Guardian, 21 August 2008
Yorkshire Post, 21 August 2008
Telegraph, 21 August 2008
The fact that this case was won while another case – that of 16- year old Lydia Playfoot and her claim in 2007 to want to wear a “chastity ring” in school – was thrown out of court seems in itself to be discriminatory.
Government transitional safeguards to protect the jobs and promotion prospects of head teachers and teachers already in post in Voluntary Controlled faith schools breach natural justice and are discriminatory, says the National Secular Society.