by Free the Slaves | Sep 23, 2010 | Slavery in the News
Emma Thompson is an outspoken anti-slavery activist. She is the chairman of the Helen Bamber Foundation’s trustees, and when it comes to combatting slavery, her weapon of choice is art. “Sex trafficking is a hugely important subject,” she has said,...
by Free the Slaves | Sep 8, 2010 | Slavery in the News
Actress Emma Thompson took a lot of heat last month when she criticized Audrey Hepburn for being “fantastically twee” in the 1964 musical “My Fair Lady.” When asked what twee meant, Thompson replied that it’s “whimsy without wit....
