Travellers move on to housing estate

After events this week I was reminded of previous occasions where I have had to visit Travellers’ camps beginning with… Read more Travellers move on to housing estate

‘Out of bounds’

Parkrun in doubt as Travellers arrive at former golf course location When groups of Travellers arrive in any community it… Read more ‘Out of bounds’

When you think of scooters and seaside towns you can’t help but think of films such as Quadrophenia and the… Read more Scooter crazy!

How can they be so heartless – protester It was January 1993 and I had been at the North West… Read more Huge rise in wife-beating

After my success with the article on sinking of the sinking of the Scarborough fishing fleet I was asked to… Read more Centenary of Channel Fleet’s visit to the town

It was my first week in Scarborough and I quite enjoyed retelling this story which, as I recall, involved just… Read more Hell in high water

We got a call one Monday in November 1998 to say there was a rooftop protest at Low Newton Remand… Read more Probe starts into roof incident at Low Newton Remand Centre

Of course I was aware of the National Geographic magazine when I was growing up and was impressed with the… Read more The day I met a photographer from National Geographic magazine