Book Review: A Life Inside by Erwin James

Despite what the tabloids try and make out, you'd have to be a damn fool to think life in prison is a cushy, easy way to spend a few years. Yes, they've changed from the bread and water days of cold cells and violent guards but I've never understood why people think this is a …

You doughnut!

I might be trying to lose weight and eat less junk at the moment, but I have weaknesses- Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, Subway cookies and doughnuts.   Luckily for me, doughnuts are usually sold in multipacks, and while I might have lapses where Greedy Chris (friend and tag team partner of Lazy Chris) seizes control …

Emotional Rescue

"Hate crimes" is a new-ish phrase, as evidenced by Gene Hunt's reaction to it in an episode of Life on Mars: It's all about helping and stopping people being targeted because of their race, religion, disability and sexuality. Which is, I hope we all agree, a bad thing (the targeting, not the stopping it). The …