JANUARY 2020
As part of the Evening Standard’s campaign against homelessness I wrote this piece about some of the hidden miseries of life for those that live on our pavements … READ MORE
OCTOBER 2018
More than 450 homeless people died in the UK, in 2017. Exposure, prolonged starvation, suicide and violence were the causes.This article was my reaction … READ MORE
JANUARY 2018
Gloucester Council put out huge posters telling people not to give money to help the homeless … READ MORE
JULY 2017
A good Samaritan tried to buy some food for a homeless man. The shop wouldn’t let him. So, I wrote this about attitudes to homelessness as I’d experienced some prejudice and bigotry, first hand, while researching my book … READ MORE
AUTUMN 2018
Along with some quite distressing photographs, I wrote a piece about the catastrophic effects of homelessness on people’s health … READ MORE
SPRING 2018
The literary magazine, Boundless asked me to write an essay about ‘Home’. I described what it now meant to me after losing mine in the earthquakes of 2016/17 … READ MORE