Surveillance expert Graham Dick spearheaded Operation Klondyke and put everything on the line to catch Chisholm’s crew. Hear more about Dicks experience in the hunt for Mr X: open.spotify.com/show/1mlESD3ZC… #truecrime #HuntingMrX #truecrimepodcast

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Getting a bit obsessed with the magnificent folk recordings in the Clare County Library in Ireland clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/…

Excellent podcast series for BBC Sounds by production company Lazerbeam on a landmark drugs investigation. Great recollections and some rich and interesting voices - mine excepted. bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p…

Nice to read these accounts of a new TV series featuring the Forty Elephants gang. Would be even nicer if Steven Knight and his team acknowledged their debt to author Brian McDonald, whose book "Alice Diamond and the Forty Elephants" tells the real story. deadline.com/2025/02/steven…

A new three-part documentary series starts tonight on BBC Alba about Operation Klondyke, the story of what was at the time (early 1990s) the biggest cocaine bust in British history. It will also be on iPlayer, hopefully with subtitles for us monolinguists. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Good to see a story on the fictional TV series that interviews non-fiction author Brian McDonald and gives him due credit: telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/a-thousan…

I just sent a letter telling AI companies they do not not have the right to use my work. Use the The Authors Guild's letter template to send your own: actionnetwork.org/letters/author…

RIP Arthur. manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-m…

#KingoftheGypsies youtube.com/watch?v=XqLzdW…

“In my 20 years working in this area and working throughout conflict zones all over the world, we’ve never seen anything like this because occupying power is intentionally starving the population...” —CEO of Oxfam Ireland Jim Clarken

I think of my Vikki, one of the founder members of Women in Football, many times a day. Today, many more times. And I recall one of her favourite quotes, by Eleanor Roosevelt: "A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until you put her in hot water." #Lionesses