Cameron Mofid: visiting every country in the world
How has your week been? Accomplished much? Or just enjoyed the sunshine, like me? 24 year old Cameron Mofid from San Diego had a special week, becoming one of the youngest people ever to visit all 195 countries. It’s been a heck of a journey, which included being detained on suspicion of espionage, narrowly avoiding […]
AI Generated ‘True’ Crime: harmful or harmless?
Have you heard of the shocking story of a father in Colorado who had an affair with his step-son, before the whole thing ended in a grizzly murder? A YouTube video about the case on a true crime channel has had millions of views, and people have been asking the local paper why they haven’t […]
Should pensioners move into smaller homes?
Ah, here I am again, pretending to be authoritative on the television. I was on Storm Huntley’s show on Channel 5 and we got to talking about pensioners who live in large houses, younger people struggling to get on the housing ladder, and if older people should downsize to make more homes available for families. […]
The Constitutional Sheriffs: America’s vigilante police
The ‘Constitutional Sheriffs’ are a strange group of vigilante police officers, who believe they have a supreme authority, and are the highest law in the land. They are a conspiracy-fuelled movement with links to violent militias, spreading radical ideas in their local communities. They answer only to the people, God… and Donald Trump. They are […]
Searching for Nicola – two years on.
This month marks the second anniversary of the disappearance of Nicola Bulley – the mum of two who went missing in Lancashire, sparking a media and online frenzy. Neighbours, day-trippers, police, independent investigators and an army of YouTubers, TikTokers and amateur detectives descended onto the scene. And… so did I. Not to try and crack […]
I broke the law. Why would I want a pardon? – Pamela Hemphill on the Jan 6th Insurrection
This was first sent as a newsletter to hundreds of subscribers. Occasionally, I will send content, thoughts and ideas direct to your inbox. To join them, sign up at the bottom of this page. ••• Pamela Hemphill was bored. She’d retired as a drugs and alcohol counsellor and was looking for something to do. She […]
Meet the Jan 6th Rioter Who Refuses Trump’s Pardon
Pamela Hemphill believed the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump. She believed it so much, that on the 6th January 2021, she joined thousands of others and entered the Capitol building in Washington in an attempt to take it back. Pamela was convicted for her role in the insurrection – and served two months […]
Before Musk, there was Miah
This was first sent as a newsletter to hundreds of subscribers. Occasionally, I will send content, thoughts and ideas direct to your inbox. To join them, sign up at the bottom of this page. Watching the story of the grooming gangs creek back into life last week – and the interventions from Elon Musk – […]
God Next Door – BBC Radio 4
A few years ago, my friend Sophie told me about the strangest evening of her life. She had always been sober, her friends drank, they had drifted apart and she was looking to meet new people. It was a friend of her Mum who had suggested the group. “She told me it was all about […]
Jeremy Vine: the assisted dying debate…
The assisted dying debate has been one of the most sensitive political debates of our age. It’s deeply personal and complex. That, by the way, is fine. Everything is personal and complex, and seeing this debate held with poise and respect for other people’s views gives me great hope. I can understand both sides – […]