The power of a speech: Who will make some noise at this year's Academy Awards?

Will this year’s Academy Award winners use their moment at the microphone to talk politics? Suzanne Harrington provides some inspiration and takes a look at the best – and worst – protest speeches.

PROTEST speeches have traditionally involved actual speeches, but are lately evolving into protest tweets — faster, snappier, and entirely unfiltered. Which — depending on who sends them — may or may not be a good thing.

Ewan McGregor’s recent refusal — an hour before his appearance to promote Trainspotting 2 — to share an ITV television sofa with Trump-loving Piers Morgan resulted in a blizzard of protest tweets.