Great work by Heydon Prowse on lethal rubber bullets being used to silence protestors

Tories are spreading mercy and forgiveness over Easter by attempting to criminalise rough sleeping theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

New favourite podcast is Electoral Dysfunction with Beth Rigby. It's basically The Rest is Politics but with empathy.

Very sad to hear about sudden death of Gogglebox's George Gilbey. He spoke very movingly and honestly about his stint inside on my prison podcast, really wonderful guy.

shocking undercover investigation by Paul at The Times and The Sunday Times Bedford is one of the most dangerous prisons in the UK and this explains why
thetimes.co.uk/article/underc…

I rarely get fanboy pics with people I interview but I made an exception for Johnny Marr

major royal news coming at six apparently

Vladimir Putin has now quit the Garrick Club

Astonished the Crown nominated for 8 BAFTAs, including the actor playing Mohammed Al Fayed. Series failed to mention Fayed was a colossal sex pest, and instead portrayed him as a loveable rogue.

Bill and Jimmy have moved into property development

Duran Duran did a sublime live version of Come Up and See Me in 1982 which was the B Side to Reflex (h/t Rob Manuel 🍳) youtube.com/watch?v=3rUylC…

There are some crazy covers of Come Up and See Me, Erasure had singers in lederhosen and balaclavas snogging flying garden gnomes youtube.com/watch?v=lbkmWb…

Gutted about Steve Harley. Come Up and See Me is my all time favourite song and it's getting played at my funeral. youtube.com/watch?v=dAoaVU…

Josh Goffe, the IPP prisoner wrongly recalled for 4.5 years in Time After Time, is now all over tiktok tiktok.com/@apexindividua…

Giving best short Oscar to Wes Anderson is absurd. Should have gone to The After produced by the legendary Nicky Bentham (who also produced Taking Liberties and Who Killed the KLF?)

BREAKING Kate Middleton has joined the Reform Party

Thanks to the amazing authors who wrote these Prison/Sport/Thinking related books. You’ve inspired us and our apprentices.
You’re on our recommended reading list.

This is what happens when we dehumanise prisoners: teenage girl restrained and stripped twice by male prison staff at Weatherby prison
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-684701…

I love Johnny Cash, but if a pop star played a concert at a prison today and then released it as a live album, the ensuing discourse would render this website unusable for a month.

Aaron deserves a lot of credit for shutting down Walleys landfill