More Media:Media Radio 4 - The World Tonight - interview with Denise Fahmy 5th May Rosie Kay on GB News’ Free Speech Nation with Josh Howie and Mark Tughan - 26th April 2026 LBC Nick Ferrari Breakfast show - from 7am- interview with Rosie Kay 6th May Press ‘Jewish artists are experiencing a wave of boycotts, with exclusion in some cases triggered by “their identity” rather than anything they have said or done, a report has found.’ Arts Professional - Neil Puffet 28th April 2026 ‘The Glee comedy clubs have vowed to give a platform to comedians even if what they say is “controversial, unsettling, offensive or politically charged”’. Chortle - 30th April 2026 ‘I did not train for this side of cultural life, but the reality of what has happened in the arts, including the rise of antisemitism within it, has made Freedom in the Arts, the organisation I co-founded with Denise Fahmy, both necessary and urgent’. The Jewish Chronicle - Rosie Kay 27th April 2026 ‘A new report documents how Jewish artists are facing a “wave of boycotts” triggered “not by anything they have said or done but by their identity itself”. The Jewish Chronicle - Elisa Bray 28th April 2026 ‘This week, we heard yet more testimony on the pitiless inhumanity of cancel culture, this time from the mighty Roisin Murphy.’ The Spectator - Brendan O’Neil 29th April 2026 “A report by Freedom in the Arts published this month charts how Jewish artists have been subjected to a wave of boycotts since the 7 October massacre. It attributes much of this to funding criteria ‘which leans towards arts as social activism’. “ The Spectator, Lara Brown, 5th May 2026 ‘Speaking at a launch for a report by campaign group Freedom in the Arts last Monday, April 27th, the Irish artist described the backlash to her 2023 comments on puberty blockers for trans youth as "professional exile," alleging that promoters, collaborators and media distanced themselves following the controversy.’ RA - Michael Lawson 30th April 2026 ‘In addition to more covert forms of antisemitism, Jewish respondents described a “sharp escalation in explicit antisemitic content within their professional circles”, including “the casual use of Holocaust comparisons and accusations of Nazism directed at Jewish artists purely based on their heritage”. Museums Journal 1st May 2026 ‘Freedom in the Arts’ latest report … documents with clinical clarity what many in the sector have long sensed without daring to name - until now.’ The Catholic Herald Lola Salem - 2nd May 2026 ‘I’m thankful to remember an arts world that was a powerful antidote to political and social ills, not somewhere propping up the very hatred that tries to justify or minimise acts like this.’ The Critic Jenny Lindsey - 3rd May 2026 ‘Ms Murphy, the former frontwoman of Moloko and now undisputed queen of electro-pop. She gave a stirring, tremulous speech at the parliamentary launch of the new report from Freedom in the Arts: The New Boycott Crisis. She recalled the totality and the wickedness of her cancellation in the wake of her puberty-blocker comments. ‘Being cancelled is hard’, she said. ‘The world goes very dark very quickly.’ Spiked Brendan O’Neill - 4th May 2026 ‘The Irish singer said artists must “self-censor” to protect themselves from cancel culture in a speech at Parliament this week.’ MixMag Gemma Ross 1st May 2026 ‘A recent report found Jewish artists are experiencing a wave of boycotts, with exclusion in some cases triggered by “their identity” rather than anything they have said or done.’ Arts Professional Emily Godwin 6th May 2026 ‘Every year the taxpayer hands the Arts Council £450 million to distribute. In return, for a decade, ACE has refused to learn from their mistakes. Is it too much to ask that money extracted from working people’s wallets be spent on art that inspires rather than indoctrinates?’ The Spectator Lara Brown 5th May 2026 Independents ‘We are used to hearing shocking tales from various industries steeped in gender woo. Education, healthcare, journalism, the charity sector and the civil service have some of the biggest problems. The arts world is undoubtedly the worst. Groupthink remains almost absolute. Speaking out can be career-ruining, if not ending.’ Nick Wallis ‘One expects a series of speechifying thankyous especially in a Westminster setting. I wasn’t expecting open heart surgery.’ Suzanne Moore
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