Speaking freely isn't only about Freedom of Speech legislation, it's equally about social norms, loving your family and courage.
Authors Lea Ypi and Hayley Campbell discuss what's difficult to talk about. Death and what happens your body when you die. And whether Albania has experienced more freedom in communist times – only in very specific circumstances.
They explore the factors that allow us to speak freely, what forces can constrain these … and what happens when we are unleashed to speak the truth.
Free Speech was presented at the Byron Writers Festival.
Speakers
Lea Ypi
Professor of Political Theory, London School of Economics Author of Free: Coming of Age at the End of History (Penguin 2021)
Hayley Campbell
Writer and broadcaster
Author of All the Living and the Dead: A Personal Investigation into the Death Trade (Raven Books, 2022)
Paul Barclay (host)
Journalist and broadcaster