I had to study Orwell's Animal Farm for an English literature exam at school. It can be read on different levels, but has many parallels with the Russian Revolution. With the aid of a study guide we could find out which animals in the...

This series starts soon and although the film-maker had permission from the Minister of Information and had minders from Beijing, it isn't all a rosy picture. China is a new series on BBC2 starting on Tuesday 13 June 2006 at 9 pm. The...

I am lucky, living in the UK and having a great amount of freedom; many people are not so fortunate. The internet is now one very powerful way of finding out what is going on and taking action too. Governments that flaunt human rights...