Last updated: 28 September 2026
Welcome to The Other Pen. These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of this website and its content.
By accessing or using The Other Pen, you agree to use the website in accordance with these terms and with applicable law. If you do not agree with these terms, you should discontinue your use of the website.
About The Other Pen
The Other Pen is an independent editorial website publishing long-form analysis, commentary, historical perspectives and articles on politics, economics, culture, identity and other subjects of public interest.
The content is intended to inform, examine and contribute to discussion. Articles may include analysis, interpretation and opinion alongside factual material and references to external sources.
Editorial content and accuracy
The Other Pen aims to publish thoughtful, well-researched and accurate material. However, no website can guarantee that every piece of information will always be complete, error-free or current.
Political, economic, legal, historical and other information may change, develop or be subject to differing interpretations. An article reflects the information and context reasonably available at the time of publication or subsequent revision.
We may correct, update, expand or otherwise revise published material when appropriate, without an obligation to provide prior notice.
If you identify a significant factual error, you may contact us at:
No professional advice
Content published on The Other Pen is provided for general editorial, informational and analytical purposes.
Nothing on the website should be regarded as personalised legal, financial, investment, medical or other professional advice. You should obtain appropriate professional advice where a decision requires consideration of your individual circumstances.
Any reliance on information published on the website is therefore at your own discretion and responsibility.
Intellectual property
Unless otherwise stated, original articles, written material, editorial presentation and other original content published by The Other Pen are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
You are welcome to share links to articles published on The Other Pen.
Brief quotations may also be used where permitted by applicable law, provided that the quotation is used fairly, is not misleading or taken out of context, and The Other Pen and, where applicable, the author are appropriately credited.
You may not reproduce, republish, translate, distribute, sell, systematically extract or commercially exploit substantial portions of original The Other Pen content without prior permission, except where such use is permitted by applicable law.
Nothing in these Terms is intended to restrict rights, exceptions or limitations granted to users under applicable copyright law.
Third-party material
Articles may include quotations, images, data, references or other material originating from third parties. Rights in such material remain with their respective rights holders where applicable.
The inclusion of third-party material on The Other Pen does not transfer ownership of that material to The Other Pen.
Where material is used under a licence, permission or an applicable legal exception, its use remains subject to the relevant terms and legal framework.
External links and sources
The Other Pen may link to news organisations, academic publications, public institutions, research organisations, archives, reports and other external websites.
These links may be provided as sources, references or additional reading. A link does not necessarily constitute endorsement of the external website, organisation, author, product, service or every view expressed there.
External websites operate independently from The Other Pen. We do not control their availability, security, accuracy, content, privacy practices or subsequent changes.
You should review the relevant terms and privacy practices when using third-party websites.
Permitted use of the website
You may access and use The Other Pen for lawful personal, informational, educational, research and other legitimate purposes, subject to these Terms and applicable law.
You must not intentionally use the website in a manner that:
- violates applicable law or the rights of others;
- attempts to gain unauthorised access to the website, its server or related systems;
- introduces malicious code, viruses or other harmful technology;
- deliberately interferes with the security, availability or normal operation of the website;
- falsely represents an affiliation with or endorsement by The Other Pen.
Reasonable use of publicly accessible pages by ordinary search engines and other legitimate indexing or discovery services is not prohibited by this section.
Availability of the website
We aim to keep The Other Pen accessible and functioning properly, but continuous or uninterrupted availability cannot be guaranteed.
The website, individual pages or particular features may occasionally be unavailable because of maintenance, technical problems, security measures, hosting issues or circumstances beyond our reasonable control.
We may modify, suspend or discontinue parts of the website where reasonably necessary.
Limitation of liability
To the extent permitted by applicable law, The Other Pen is not liable for loss or damage arising solely from reliance on general editorial information published on the website, temporary unavailability of the website, or the content and operation of independent third-party websites.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where such exclusion or limitation would be prohibited by applicable law.
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Changes to these Terms
These Terms of Use may be updated when the website, its features, applicable law or our editorial and operational practices change.
The version published on this page is the current version. When these Terms are revised, the Last updated date at the top of the page will be changed accordingly.
Governing law
These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of Belgium, without prejudice to any mandatory rights or protections that may apply under applicable law.
Contact
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