The Schoolboy Killer
First, a vulnerable man was found in a town centre park with more than 100 knife wounds. Second, a young Saudi woman was found stabbed…
Walking the Canal after the Calder Valley Floods
Last December, a string of villages just a stone’s throw from my home town of Halifax were flooded. Villages whose impossible-sounding names you may never…
Treasure finds in England
“Walking with a purpose.” What a great phrase! It came from a metal detectorist called Stuart Eldon while I was producing an Inside Out film…
Unidentified bodies, Cockley Cley and the people trying to give the unnamed dead a name
I couldn’t believe there were more than 1,000 people in the UK who were dead, unnamed and with nobody to mourn them. In this age…
Fertility and aphrodisiacs in the 17th Century
I’m a bit old fashioned. I grew up on letters rather than email and I can still remember the excitement of opening my first ever,…
Great Faces: A personal reminder of the honour of looking people in the eye
Today I am taking stock, laying an anchor in time. For the past couple of months I’ve been leading a hybrid work existence – writing…
Amputees: how people adjust to life after limb loss
Being the odd one out is strangely invigorating, a good-for-the-soul experience. I experienced it being the only white man on a Tanzania-bound cargo ferry, I…
For the love of ‘Soup’
Above all else, I love spending time with people. Family. Friends. And work subjects. Yes, you can probably get what you ‘need’ from a quick…
Looking down in Lisbon
By which I mean ‘down’ in the physical rather than spiritual sense. Never before have I spent time in a city where the tiltation of…
From urban Harrow to rural Norfolk: Carers
Since July this year, I’ve had the great pleasure and privilege to meet and photograph carers from all works of life and situations. A few…