Published by theipaper (22nd August, 2016) Seventeen years is a long time in club culture. Yet Fabric has survived and largely thrived in a former cold storage unit […]
Environment / Policy / Politics
The bright side of Brexit: we can ditch daft farm subsidies
Published by the ipaper (15th August, 2016) Slowly but surely, the consequences of that self-harming Brexit vote become clearer. The pound has fallen, the economy is shrinking, the […]
Policy / Politics / Race
David Cameron saved his party from fusty white male irrelevance
Published by The Daily Telegraph (14th July, 2016) We saw the classic David Cameron in his last Prime Minister’s Questions: warm and witty, with sharp defence of his […]
Drugs / Policy
Agony of losing both our ‘stupid boys’ to ecstasy – and why drugs should be legalised
Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th June, 2016) The boy’s room at the top of the house looks like any teenager’s bedroom, with school pens stacked neatly […]
Disability / Health / Policy
Grieving mother branded ‘vindictive cow’ and a culture of NHS arrogance
Published by The Daily Mail (6th May, 2016) Surely it is impossible to imagine the twisted inhumanity of someone who would pick up the phone to a bereaved […]
Immigration / Policy
Leicester is a winner – and not just on the football pitch
Published by the ipaper (2nd May, 2016) When I started out in journalism three decades ago, I spent time on two work placements at regional newspapers. The first […]
Israel, West Bank & Gaza / Policy / Race / World
Whatever they do, Muslims can’t win in our society
Published by The Guardian (28th April, 2016) It is enough to make you feel proud to be British, citizens of a nation that loves little better than to […]
Europe / European Union / Greece / Immigration / Policy / Politics / Syria / World
Pope’s humanity puts others to shame
Published by The iPaper (17th April, 2016) Hasan and Nour Essa are both engineers, who fled their besieged, bombed and battered home town in Syria with their young […]
Crime / Disability / Policy
The hate crime that leads to silence
Published by The i paper and The Independent (4th April, 2016) It was a shocking crime. Two soldiers, out for a night drinking near their training camp in […]
Health / Policy / Politics
The sugar tax: the sweet start to a bitter struggle
Published by The i paper & The Independent (25th March, 2016) It feels a long time since last week’s controversial budget, given the firestorm over disability benefits and […]
Disability / Policy / Politics / Welfare
Targeting disabled people is woeful politics
Published by The Daily Telegraph (18th March, 2016) Sometimes you can only shake your head at the sheer stupidity of politicians, so stuck in their Westminster bubble that […]
Health / Policy / Politics
A new tax to save a struggling health system
Published by The i Paper & The Independent (29th February, 2016) I am not a fan of Sir David Nicholson, the former National Health Service chief executive. His […]