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About Caspar Melville

Caspar Melville is editor of the New Humanist magazine. He was Executive Editor and co-editor of the Media & the Net theme on openDemocracy.

Articles by Caspar Melville

Wednesday 30th June

Translating difference: a debate about multiculturalism

Martin Rose and Caspar Melville, 30 June 2004
Why “multiculturalism”? Why now? The British Council’s Martin Rose and openDemocracy’s Caspar Melville introduce a debate whose global character and focus on human experience connect it to the world’s conflicting passions.
Thursday 5th February

In an African voice: a profile of Sorious Samura

Caspar Melville, 5 February 2004
The broadcasting schedules of global media have little space for Africa, still less for Africans who want to tell their own stories. Sorious Samura, the Sierra Leonean journalist, has forced the river to flow upstream in a series of remarkable films. As his latest, “Surviving Hunger”, is shown worldwide, openDemocracy's media editor Caspar Melville profiles him.
Tuesday 3rd September

Notting Hill walkabout

Caspar Melville, 3 September 2002
Stroll, swagger and boogie (red stripe can in hand) through the streets of West London and the highlights of Europe’s biggest street festival.

A carnival history

Caspar Melville, 3 September 2002
London’s Notting Hill Carnival has come a long way since the 1950s. Caspar Melville charts the history of the music, the traditions and, crucially, the conflict that has made the event a vital part of British multiculture.
Sunday 29th July

Brass monkeys

Caspar Melville, 29 July 2001
By the logic of New Labour “Absolutely Fabulous” promotes drunkenness and child abuse, and “Fawlty Towers” is offensive to Britain’s hoteliers.
Wednesday 13th June

Jennifer Lopez: my part in her downfall

Caspar Melville, 13 June 2001
In 1999, on the cusp of global fame, the singer-actress Jennifer Lopez was interviewed in her native New York by an obscure music journalist from London. Where is she now? We don’t know. But the latter rose dizzily to work for openDemocracy, and tells here the tale of a celebrity encounter with a difference.
Sunday 20th May

He who pays the piper...

Caspar Melville, 20 May 2001
McKinsey's report on public service funding is an useful read and very supportive of the BBC - I wonder who paid for it?
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