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Guardian features writer/interviewer. Ambassador. @encephalitis & proud Manc/Salfordian 🐝 Also @shattenstone.bsky.social
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I talk to the Rooneys about marriage, typecasting, the media, Wagatha Christie, Auschwitz, learning from history and how Wayne dealt with the heat of Fergie's hairdryer
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I asked Bonnie Greer to do a voice over for an ad once and, curious, she agreed. I knew her from TV and I was infatuated with her intellect and her dulcet drawl which she applied to my 10 second Panadol spot with alacrity. She was fascinated throughout and utterly charming. RIP.
Few have fought as epic battles in the Labour party as Margaret Hodge. She tells me about taking on the BNP, antisemitism, dodgy tech giants – and why she sees herself as a battleaxe
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Music to my ears - albeit 20yrs after Corston and 10 yrs after the closure of Holloway. But any steps forward will need to be taken away from HMPPS which remains intellectually bankrupt and operationally incompetent. theguardian.com/society/2026…
I meet the amazing Mr T, who's promoting the new Netflix doc about him (Well, maybe promoting isn't quite the right word)
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I found the way Mary Austin talked to me about Freddie Mercury and his impact on her life incredibly moving – and surprising.
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Ending the historic injustice of IPPs has been announced by the Prime Minister.
A huge moment for IPP families and campaigners. Without all their hard work and determination, we would not be in this position today.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/cr…
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good news. Thinking of your work on this too, today @shattenstone
Ending the historic injustice of IPPs has been announced by the Prime Minister.
A huge moment for IPP families and campaigners. Without all their hard work and determination, we would not be in this position today.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/cr…
I can't think of anyone as wonderful in so many ways as Dolly – singer, songwriter, actor, raconteur, entrepreneur, philanthropist, educator, groundbreaker extraordinaire.
And she went through life without a stain.
Who does that? And who is EVERYONE'S hero?
Love you Dolly
At home with Russ Abbot on the Algarve
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‘The Court of Appeal has quashed an unlawful Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence imposed nearly 20 years ago.’
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Court quashes unlawful IPP sentence | An IPP case won on appeal after it was discovered, while preparing for the prisoner’s 12th parole review, that the sentence imposed in 2006 had been unlawful: solicitorsjournal.com/sjarti…
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Lord Clarke of Nottingham, the former home secretary, told Times Radio on Sunday that he “never imagined” that 14 years after abolishing IPPs, 2,329 people would remain “indefinitely detained”, perhaps until the day they die: thetimes.com/article/ee2aa03…
We all know the long banned imprisonment for public protection sentence is inhumane.
Another review will just kick the can down the road yet again.
All Andy Burnham need to do is introduce a bill to re-sentence prisoners still serving IPPs.
By me.
theguardian.com/commentisfre…
I talk to former footballer and chair of the PFA Clarke Carlisle on his miracle survival, regaining an appetite for life and why he's perfectly placed to be the new chair of mental health Mind.
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Whilst the future of undercover police public inquiry is under threat due to its expense, we are reminded of just how important such an inquiry is to expose outrageous wrongdoing by police wasting millions of public money to protect themselves
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This is an extract from the amazing Hiroshima memoir by Kiyoshi Tanimoto, which was mysteriously buried in the archive of the writer John Hersey. (My interview with his fab daughter Koko, the baby of Hiroshima, is linked to it)
theguardian.com/world/2026/j…
The inspirational Koko Kondo was a baby when the A bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. She talks to me about survival, why she turned her back on the city before returning to keep the memory alive, and the mystery of her father's recently discovered memoir
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“If any part of government needs a circuit breaker it’s the entire shattered, malfunctioning criminal justice system”
The UK criminal justice and penal systems are collapsing after years of cutbacks and lousy management. Has Burnham got the will and/or courage to do (and say) what’s necessary ? independent.co.uk/voices/bur…
This was such a useful evening. Loved sharing experience of how we address miscarriages of justice, as journalists and a real privilege to be on this panel.
‘Justice systems make mistakes – but there’s a failure of journalism to tell these stories’: Launch of PROOF magazine featuring @johnsweeneyroar @shattenstone @munro_bronagh @franrobertson1 & Steve Phelps discuss the media and miscarriages of justice: thejusticegap.com/proof-laun…
