2014 – New Year Resolutions
Mine are – to get blogging – writing, law, rights, other stuff. And here is my new blog. Who knows where it will go. Also I want to write a screenplay. I’ve an idea for a thriller involving the courts,...
View ArticleHarassment, legal aid and lyrca. My blog.
In an effort to make a point, the Fathers for Justice mob are often pulling stunts. From defacing art to scaling Buckingham Palace, their antics have been audacious and extreme both in terms of their...
View ArticleMy writing process : Blog Tour
Thank you to Patricia Borlenghi for inviting me on this writing process blog tour. I met Patricia whilst we were both studying for an MA in Creative Writing at Essex Uni. Since finishing, we’ve kept...
View ArticleSeparating parents and welfare of the child
A number of children’s charities, working together as The Shared Parenting Consortium, had a result last week. It campaigned, successfully, for an amendment to a clause in the Children and Families...
View ArticleFamily Justice – the need for support
Family Justice and young people : The need for support The Family Justice Systems Young People’s Board, a group of 32 young people with experience of family proceedings, has stated its wishes for...
View Article20 February 2013
It’s an important week this week – it’s 20 years (on Wednesday) from the day the village of Ormanici was destroyed. The events of that day impacted on so many people in so many ways. For me, just an...
View ArticleOrmanici : 20 years on.
Ormanici, South East Turkey : 20 years on 20th February 1993. Ormanici. 5am. Soldiers, dressed in white camouflage, descend on a small Kurdish village nestled in the mountains. Doors are kicked in....
View ArticleAmnesty,Fiction and Human Rights – Teachers Materials
It’s so great to see that Amnesty International’s document entitled ‘Using Fiction to Teach Human Rights.’ In it, Amnesty recognises the ‘power’ fiction has to ‘further human rights education.’ It...
View ArticleHow exciting – A Play for the Nation’s Youth
I’m so pleased. My play ‘Simeon’ has been ‘highly commended’ (yes that’s commended with extra on top) in the ‘A Play for the Nation’s Youth,’ competition run by Salisbury Playhouse, Nick Hern Books and...
View ArticleWhat’s going on
Well lots really. Film script is the big one this week. I had a brilliant day on Sunday when I attended a workshop at the Writers Centre in Norwich. Run by Christabelle Dilks and Michael Lengsfield of...
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