There has been a lot of domestic abuse in the news over the last few days, not that the subject is ever absent for long. I’ve interviewed many women in the last two decades who have been victims of horrific… Continue Reading
I’m old-fashioned when it comes to my work. I like to see it in print in a decent newspaper with a good budget, and be paid for my work. So I’ve never managed to develop a love of blogging, as… Continue Reading
Below, the unedited version of an article I had in the scottish edition of The Sunday Express on 17/2/13. Would parents send their children to a school that continued to celebrate a past association with Jimmy Savile or Cyril Smith?… Continue Reading
Not surprising that after Lord Leveson’s report yesterday, there was considerable support for legislation to regulate the press. I can understand why some people think it’s necessary, but much of the public’s disquiet is based on misconceptions and on celebrity… Continue Reading
The Edinburgh Evening News on Saturday splashed the story of Chen Wright, the Jamaican rapist who should have been deported after serving a pitifully inadequate time for his first rape, or at least the first he was caught for. The… Continue Reading
My good friend Caroline Waterston, of the People newspaper, got me involved last week in following up a great story they picked up in Scotland the week before when I was on holiday. Jamie Cumming has apparently usurped the Sunderland Shagger,… Continue Reading
Been a while since I found the motivation to come on and blog, maybe because a lot of my work is published widely in newspapers and magazines, and I don’t really expect anyone to go looking for my thoughts beyond… Continue Reading
Should have been at court in Ayr yesterday to see a convicted child rapist get his come-uppance for harassing one of his victims within days of getting out of jail after serving a lengthy sentence. Monday evening, the victim contacted… Continue Reading
Last week’s media coverage of numerous serious sex offenders being released from the standard inadequate sentences only to reoffend and destroy further lives was no surprise. We’re so used to it that such episodes are no longer guaranteed to make… Continue Reading
