I regret I've been so tardy in saying this: I stand with Palestine Action. We are witnessing genocide and the UK state is attempting to muzzle an organisation simply highlighting Israel's assault on people's human rights. Read Ronan Bennett's wise words prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/free-…

Oddly ironic that a controversial loyalist bonfire in Carrickfergus should be located on a road called Prince Andrew Way. Then again, the royal philanderer's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein meant his reputation went up in smoke ages ago irishnews.com/news/northern-…

It is rare to see South Ockendon, where I spent my youth, in the news. A good reason, quite apart from her heroic goal-scoring skills, to praise the wonderful Michelle Agyemang. theguardian.com/football/live/…

Derry counillors from Sinn Fein, SDLP, People Before Profit and Independents back motion on banned Palestine Action - ignore chief executive John Kelpie, city solicitor Philip Kingston who advised part of motion “inadmissible”. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-…

This eye-witness account of IDF firing on starving Gaza civilians trying to obtain food by a former US soldier is proof of a war crime bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cy…

In order to conceal the beneficiaries of Freddie Scappaticci's £500k legacy, MI5 applied to the court for his will to be sealed through a man using the alias "Michael Johnson." An unimaginative choice. Why not Mickey the Knife or Tout Handler Tommy? irishnews.com/news/northern-…

To oppose genocide is not a crime. To arrest those who oppose genocide IS a crime. This government has turned people protesting against genocide into criminals. How many thousands must the police arrest before the ban on Palestine Action is lifted? theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a…

Howzat! Cricket coverage in the regional press relies on freelances and subsidies from the England and Wales Cricket Board. Only the Yorkshire Post now employs a full-time cricket correspondent. See research by Richard Jones in Communication & Sport journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21…

In January 1946, Albert Einstein told the Commission of Inquiry on Palestine: "I have never been for a Jewish state. It is an old-fashioned, anachronistic idea. Europe is really ill of nationalisms." Instead, Einstein advocated friendly coexistence between Jews and Arabs.

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A story that deserves the widest possible publicity theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/n…

In 1830, Lord George Hill was elected MP for Carrickfergus. But what happened to him after that? I'll be drawing on my book, The Peer, the Priests and the Press, to talk about his life as a landlord and as the husband of two of Jane Austen's nieces

Mazher Mahmood was imprisoned in 2016 for conspiring to pervert the cause of justice. But the lies exposed at his trial were the tip of the iceberg. In Rogue: The Rise and Fall of Mazher 'Fake Sheikh' Mahmood, Paddy French and I chart his history of lying mediareform.org.uk/blog/rogue-maz…

Donald Trump has thanked the Daily Telegraph for its key role in events that led to the resignations of BBC director general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness. How utterly disheartening is that? theguardian.com/media/live/202…

Coming up in 13 days' time, my talk on the life of Lord George Hill, charting the good, the bad and the sad. What did his experience in west Donegal illustrate about that 19th century period of British rule in Ireland in which landlords ruled the roost? carrickfergushistoricalsociety.org.uk/events

Just eight days to go before my talk about a 19th century Donegal landlord. It's based on my biography of Lord George Hill - The Peer, the Priests and the Press: A Story of the Demise of Irish Landlordism

Kelvin MacKenzie's Damascene conversion - he goes public to criticise Rupert Murdoch over phone-hacking pressgazette.co.uk/news/kelvin-ma…

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OUT NOW. The inside story of the most unscrupulous reporter Rupert Murdoch ever employed. How the News of the World's entrapment specialist evaded justice for 20 years despite persistent criticism of his methods by judges and lawyers. paddyfrench.substack.com/p/out-now-the-…