Not spoken up until now, but I was in charge of organising and managing the Germaine Greer event at Cardiff University in 2015.

I can assure everyone that it most definitely went ahead because the whole thing still haunts my dreams. https://twitter.com/robfordmancs/status/1362179392852606976

And, for the record, the University never, ever -- not once! -- considered cancelling the event. Greer threatened to pull out of her own accord, but didn't.

On top of that, the crowd of protesters at the event itself included maybe 10 people.

Student hostility started when a student rep tweeted out that she opposed Greer speaking due to her views and past comments on trans people. Actual student hostility on campus was limited and mostly occurred online/in the media.

I remember travelling from Cardiff to my home town and getting an urgent email from my boss saying that Greer was on Newsnight. I thought that the world had gone crazy.

In all honesty, the Cardiff event was just badly timed and the (very light!) student hostility coincided with recent events in the US. To be honest, I think that it was just a good story and the media ran with it.