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The PhD Comics creator was detained in the UK for being a cartoonist?
- dtf 17y agoIf he's receiving payment for those lectures, he may need a work visa. They're pretty strict about that stuff at the border.
- RiderOfGiraffes 17y agoSo he earns a living as a cartoonist. Because of that he's invited to give talks. He gets money for these talks. How is this not working? I can just imagine doing the same in the USA. Not. Not so long ago when my wife (British) and I (Australian) went to Melbourne she was invited to give a lecture related to her work. The advice we were given was - accept no money at all, even for expenses. If he didn't bother to check on these things then I have very little sympathy. The other countries almost certainly have similar conditions, and mostly things are fine if you check in advance.
- philwelch 17y agoMaybe they were afraid he would draw a cartoon of Muhammad and cause an international incident. No, on second thought the work visa theory makes more sense.