Published by The Mail on Sunday (7th May, 2017) Ade Goodyear was the fourth boy in his family to be diagnosed with haemophilia. Unable to cope, his parents […]
Drugs / Policy
Britain must catch up in the use of medical marijuana
Published by The Times (25th April, 2017) Tricia Reed worked for a big chain of chemists in the US, until she became fed up with supplying thousands of […]
Drugs / Policy
The real drug zombies are politicians
Published by The ipaper (17th April, 2017) Reefer madness is back. Only this time, it has been rebranded. Now it is Spice Nightmare that is stalking our nation, […]
Environment / Policy
True animal lovers must recognise the danger of zoos
Published by The i paper (20th March, 2017) A couple of nights ago I was woken by a giraffe. First I heard crashing sounds as it strode through […]
Europe / European Union / Immigration / Policy / Politics
Some say Remainers should stay silent. I don’t agree…
Published by The i Paper (13th March, 2017) The prime minister is poised to lead her people in massed leap over a cliff edge as she triggers Article […]
Crime / Policy
How do we deal with paedophiles?
Published by The i paper (6th March, 2017) Two years ago, I sat down with a pair of Britain’s most senior police officers, both then serving at the […]
Disability / Health / Policy
The slippery slope to eugenics
Published by The Daily Mail (1st March, 2017) On the surface, it seems unalloyed good news: a new test for families that is simpler and more accurate than […]
Africa / Aid / Disability / Health / Policy / Rwanda / South Sudan / Technology
Print your own body parts
Published by Mosaic Science, The Observer & The Atlantic (19th February, 2017) John Nhial was barely a teenager when he was grabbed by a Sudanese guerrilla army and […]
Crime / Policy
Our prisons shame the country
Published by The i paper (13th February, 2017) Prison reform struggled to win much attention in those sorely-missed days when news was dull and politics felt predictable. Who […]
Health / Policy
The shameful NHS cover-ups must cease
Published by The Daily Telegraph (2nd February, 2017) Joshua Titcombe was just nine days old when he died in 2008. His grieving parents discovered midwives repeatedly missed chances […]
Europe / Policy / World
Nativism is the new world order
Published by The i paper (16th January, 2017) It is hard to think of a more miserable life than that currently endured by Yacub, a 16-year-old Afghan I […]
Europe / Immigration / Policy / Serbia
The railway children
Published by The Mail on Sunday (15th January, 2017) The snow lay a foot deep as I slid my way alongside railway tracks, covering the nearby piles of […]