Hugh Muir

Profile: Full name: Hugh Muir Area of interest: London issues, black community, race, racism and Islamophobia Journals/Organisation: The Guardian Email: hugh.muir@guardian.co.uk Personal website: Website: Guardian.co / Hugh Muir Blog: Comments is free... Representation: Networks: https://twitter.com/#!/hugh_muir

Biography: About: Education: Career: Evening Standard, The Guardian: senior reporter, 2003/2007 Current position/role: Diary editor since 2007 also writes/has written for: The Daily Telegraph and The Mail on Sunday Other roles/Main role: Other activities: Member of the FCO's Caribbean Board Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: Broadcast media: Video: Controversy/Criticism: Melanie Phillips: The black-red axis, 2nd November 2006 Awards/Honours: Scoops: Other:

Books & Debate: Islamophobia: issues, challenges and action: a report (2004) OCLC 56498817 Latest work: Speaking/Appearances: Debate:

The Guardian: Column name: 'Diary' Remit/Info: Westminster politics Section: Politics Role: Diary editor Pen-name: Email: diary@guardian.co.uk Website: Guardian.co / Diary Commissioning editor: Day published: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Regularity: Four days per week Column format: Average length: also writes Hideously diverse Britain

Articles: Comment pieces Fabio Capello failed to understand why John Terry's trial matters - England's landscape has changed since Stephen Lawrence was killed. Allegations of racism are taken seriously here now - 9th February 2012 Catharsis at last, but what next? - Before his death, Stephen Lawrence was just another teenager who deserved the chance to build a life. There are as many kids like him about today - 3rd January 2012 Was Kelis right about British racism? - Racism in Britain is not 'disgusting' as the singer Kelis proclaimed this week, but for the first time in a decade it is on the rise - 16th September 2011 Sir Paul Stephenson was never the best officer for the job - The former Metropolitan police boss may have been the Tories' favourite but his tenure saw one foul-up follow another - 18th July 2011 Left to its own devices, police culture quickly reverts to type - The 'overwhelming white male culture' of the police will only end with absolute, unwavering commitment to change - 7th April 2011 No reason for police to hold back on grooming investigations - The implication that police are hampered by a fear of being called racist if they highlight a crime trend is flawed - 12th January 2011 Boris Johnson needs to ask if Met chief is up to the job - Last night's student protest debacle is another in a sequence of horror policing operations on Sir Paul Stephenson's watch - 19th December 2010 The truth about inter-racial adoption - The children's minister says race should be no barrier to finding a child an adoptive family – but is this just point-scoring on his part? - 3rd November 2010 Give police community support officers a break 2- Hugh Muir: To tackle antisocial behaviour in these cash-strapped times, we must recognise the value of PCSOs rather than denigrating them - 3rd September 2010 Who are you to insult me? - Can the use of pejorative terms for people from minorities ever be acceptable? - 21st September 2010 Give the equality commission a break - The opportunity to unseat Trevor Phillips has passed – let the ECHR now have the breathing space to prove itself - 16th March 2010 For Boris, diversity must pay its way - In slashing Black History Month funding, London's mayor has shown he is not interested in social good for its own sake - 18th February 2010 Sorry mess of the Ali Dizaei case - While corruption exposed is a cause for celebration, the Met's minority officers can see themselves suffering collateral damage - 9th February 2010 In defence of political correctness - PC has become the complaint of choice for the permanently aggrieved but it's no bad thing to avoid being offensive - 21st December 2009 No harm in saying sorry - Australia has apologised to children forcibly shipped from Britain and Brown is set to follow. There is real value in such statements - 17th November 2009 BNP: The end of the beginning - After the drama of Nick Griffin on Question Time, the real battle is in local politics: people won't turn to the BNP if there's a choice - 24th October 2009 The De Menezes family has been robbed of hope - The jury should have been allowed to consider a verdict of unlawful killing. The inquest was meaningless - 13th December 2008 (see: De Menezes jury record open verdict and rejects police version of shooting, The times, 12th December 2008) Diary

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