Paul Chambers knows, more than most, the dangers of expressing yourself in 140 characters. His troubles, which you’ve probably read about in the papers, started when he joked on Twitter: “Crap! Robin Hood Airport is closed. You’ve got a week and a bit to get your shit together, otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky high!!” – a joke which was taken by the authorities as a serious threat, and which saw the police arrive at his office to arrest him under the Terrorism Act. As Paul himself put it, “my tweet was silly, but the police reaction was absurd.” The case is still going through the courts, and has provoked a groundswell of online support for Paul. For its part, the Spectator is pleased to have him here on the Spectator Arts Blog:
It’s nice to have music you can turn to when things aren’t exactly going your way, music that will always provoke the same feelings in you no matter what your situation.
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