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Q&A: Can you express your own views as an editor?

Q&A: Can you express your own views as an editor?

Update: 2025-07-28

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In this week’s Q&A episode, Alan and Lionel are asked how much an editor’s personal opinions and politics affect their judgements.

They also discuss Mehdi Hasan’s viral debate against far right Republicans on the latest edition of Jubilee’s ‘Surrounded’.

Plus, which place captures the national mood of the UK? And which publications are doing the most exciting work at the moment?

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Q&A: Can you express your own views as an editor?

Q&A: Can you express your own views as an editor?