Monthly Talk – Just What Can The Media Say About You?

What right have we all to a private life in 2025? The media can be seen as intrusive and destructive, but how far in law are they permitted to go? Award-winning editor Ian Murray calls on 45-years of newsroom experience to explore and explain what is and what is not permissible to report through examples of famous names who have found themselves in the eye of the storm. How fashion icons, sports stars, politicians, royalty and celebrities have fought for their and our privacy to be respected. And from Phillip Schofield to Sir Cliff Richard the battles are far from over.

At 25 Ian was considered to be the youngest newspaper editor in Britain. He occupied the editor’s chair of several daily and weekly publications in the UK’s regional press. He is a former vice-chair of the UK’s Defence and Security Media Advisor Committee (‘D-Notice Committee’) as well as being a founding member of the UK Government’s Committee for the Safety of Journalists.