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Freedom of Speech - Necessary or a Menace?

Ruth Tarrant

21st September 2015

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Jonathan Dimbleby is delivering a lecture in Turin tomorrow about the freedom of speech, and has published a thoughtful synopsis of that speech in today's Guardian. Freedom of speech refers to the ability to express your own views and opinions without fear of punishment, oppression or censorship.

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.

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