Tag: news
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Lucy Letby: another grave miscarriage of justice
On the 27th January 1591, a woman called Agnes Sampson from East Lothian, Scotland, was garrotted and burnt for the crime of witchcraft. She was accused of raising a storm to sink the ship transporting Princess Anne of Denmark to Scotland to marry King James VI. The ship safely docked in Norway and the King…
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Edinburgh International Book Festival forced to cancel partnership with sponsor
The Edinburgh International Book Festival has had to end its 20-year partnership with a sponsor after being targeted by pro-Palestinian protestors who object to its investment links with fossil fuels and Israel. The festival organisers said the pressure from activists has become “intolerable“. I know a little bit about this because when I started my…
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Scotland’s new hate crime law
In 1697, Thomas Aikenhead became the last man to be hanged in Scotland for breaking blasphemy laws. He was a student at Edinburgh University and only 20 years old. His crime was to criticise Christianity. Edinburgh tour guides tell tourists that, while walking home inebriated one very cold evening he told his friends he wished…
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2019 Australia’s hottest and driest year
These graphs from the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology show how hot and dry Australia has become. Ironically, they were reported by an American newspaper – The New York Times. The only Australian news source to report the record-breaking heat and drought was The ABC. I cannot find another Australian report of it. Please…
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In the paper and studying for the life in the UK test
This past week has been a very busy media week for me. As part of my volunteer role with the Aberdeen Cycle Forum I respond to all queries from the media and they seem to come in waves. For months it’s quiet and then suddenly everyone wants to write about cycling and they call the…
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