Media attack on British research group which questioned war narrative over Syria. “On Saturday 14 April 2018, The Times newspaper took the extraordinary – and I think unprecedented – step of publishing, on its front page, in its leader column, and in a further two-page spread, a sustained attack on what it denounces as “Apologists for Assad working in universities”.” Full text below, original post here: https://timhayward.wordpress.com/2018/04/20/academic-freedom-and-setting-an-example/