Tribune is in a bad way. Apparently it ran (its editors claim in ignorance) a defamatory article which the victim pursued all the way to the libel court, despite a full apology given the same prominent position in the paper as the original piece. It now faces five-figure damages and costs. You can read the appeal here. My knowledge of Tribune's content runs out in about 1949 and so I can't advise you whether it's even worth saving or not. But given the paper's literary heritage it seems a shame for it to go down over such a trivial lapse of judgment (the original 'defamation' was No Big Deal really). If you decide you want to help out, send donations to: TRIBUNE SPECIAL APPEAL FUND, c/o FINANCE DEPT. 9 ARKWRIGHT ROAD, LONDON NW3 6AN.
Posted by Alan Allport at January 24, 2006 02:26 PMI'm tempted to support anyone who loses a British libel suit on principle.
Posted by: Ben Brumfield at January 24, 2006 03:06 PM