Re: persecuted journalists (previous lecture). Sudanese Al Jezeera journalist held in Guantanamo bay accused without evidence or trial of being 'Osama Bin Laden's cameraman'. Fascinating and sickening radio documentary.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/pip/np79a/?focuswin

Re: Hunter S Thompson. Tuesday evening's Front Row (Radio Four) had an interview with Ralph Steadman about Hunt's suicide last year: "He just could not stand the idea of living in Bush's America". And Hunter was a redneck conservative gun-nut libertarian republican. Very depressing...

You can hear the interview on the BBC radio four Play Again facility - navigate to Front Row (Tuesday).