If you've ever watched hit series Prison Break, you'd be forgiven for thinking that running away from jail is one big moodily-lit action-adventure interrupted by the occasional advert for Nuts magazine. For the 110 escaped convicts presently on the loose in the UK today (just to clarify: they didn't… read more…

Comedian and prolific protestor Mark Thomas has added his tuppence to Comment is Free's Liberty and the State series. There's a good opening paragraph: Rarely do first lines have the potential to cost thousands of pounds (outside of libel), and rarely do I get to write words quite like those… read more…