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My mate Alex came to my book launch last week. Since then I’ve been dealing with a million emails and the onslaught of the new academic year. And Alex has been hanging out with these fellas. Not jealous at all…

I had the pleasure of talking to fearless campaigner Debbie Douglas last week.This case deserves the same media scrutiny as Lucy Letby, the Post Office scandal etc. Inquest to open over deaths of patients treated by breast surgeon Ian Paterson theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/o…

Tickets have nearly sold out for the event I’m doing with Alex South and Danielle Jawando CheltLitFest on Friday evening. Book now to avoid disappointment… cheltenhamfestivals.org/events/life-in…

Two paintings are stolen from a gallery in Oslo. The artist meets the thief in court & asks if she can paint him. The film charts their unusual friendship & there are a few narrative twists. It’s a powerful redemption story & a great ad for Halden prison. images.app.goo.gl/ynRQdHkwHKYcVN…

A thoughtful review of my book in InsideTime written by one of our creative writing students at HMP Grendon insidetime.org/comment/a-desi…

Packed house Cheltenham Festivals last night for prison-themed books panel. It was great to share the stage with Danielle Jawando, Alex South and Chair Matthew Stadlen

Hanging out with Neneh Cherry…

In ‘An Architecture of Hope’ I wanted to connect with other women about patriarchy, the importance of autonomy, and the meaning of home. So I was very touched to receive this from a brilliant woman who has come to one of our Freedom To Write

Lazy afternoon reading this profoundly important book about the need for hope and sanctuary - for all! From the incredible Yvonne Jewkes Scribe UK

‘Should prisons be beautiful?’ Join me and Andy West⁩ in Bristol on Tue Nov 5th at 5pm. Tickets are free from Eventbrite. University of Bath BathUni SPS Economic and Social Research Council #FestivalofSocialScience eventbrite.co.uk/e/should-priso…

A bizarre but very lovely and unexpected outcome of writing a book that’s partly about the meaning of home is that a brilliant photographer came to take shots of my house today to accompany a piece that’s going to be in a newspaper. I can’t wait to see the results.

This tin church in Bailbrook nr Bath was opened in July 1892 for the seasonal fruit pickers who worked in the local Robertson jam orchards.

I enjoyed doing this interview with my University of Bath BathUni SPS colleague Theo Papadopoulos bath.ac.uk/announcements/…

My ⁦The Guardian Long Read⁩ ‘Places to heal, not to harm’: why brutal prison design kills off hope’ is now available as a podcast | Prisons and probation | The Guardian theguardian.com/news/audio/202…

Only a few tickets left for this. Do join us, it’ll be a lot of fun (and, yes, the title is deliberately provocative).

Listen to Saul. He knows about prisons. He knows about life. He knows about 1970s deserts.

I was delighted to be invited to do the Design Emergency podcast to talk about my research on prison design and my book ‘An Architecture of Hope’. Available now on all platforms inc open.spotify.com/show/5csNyfolu…