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14/01/2012 GMT

In a digital world, do we need to re-define the limits on everyone鈥檚 right to express themselves?

How far should we be free to express ourselves? Timothy Garton Ash is launching a free speech initiative at Oxford University. He tells us why he thinks we should aspire to a world with no taboos. Fawaz Gerges, Middle Eastern Politics Professor of the LSE, explores the role that the will to be free is having in the Arab Spring. And internationally acclaimed pianist Jonathan Biss makes the case for Beethoven as a fiercely independent musical rebel.

Illustration be Emily Kasriel: Liberating expressions and taboos in speech and music.

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大象传媒 World Service Online

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  • Part 1

    Part 1: Timothy Garton Ash, Fawaz Gerges and Jonathan Biss.

    Duration: 23:00

  • Part 2 - 60 Second Idea

    Timothy Garton Ash: We should all have 'digital cousins'

    Duration: 04:15

  • Jonathan Biss

    Jonathan Biss

    Duration: 13:15

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  • Sat 14 Jan 2012 23:05GMT
    大象传媒 World Service Online

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