the idea comes from the UK, where groups want to be able to file what amounts to restraining orders preventing anyone who appears to be grooming a child from being around that child or any other before a crime has been committed. That all sounds well and good, and I’m all for finding ways to…
It seems ridiculous that this even happened, but apparent;y in the UK, it did. Survivors of child abuse say they have received death threats after the chairman of a Commons committee released scores of emails containing the identities of four abuse victims. In a letter to the home secretary, the victims, who have been campaigning…
Last week, Channel 4 broadcast The Paedophile Next Door, in which they not only looked at the issue of child sexual abuse, but talked to a self-confessed, but non-abusing paedophile. Phil over at the All that is Solid… blog wrote up a detailed review of what was discussed and the issues it raised. In the…
Over on BBC Radio for the next three weeks, you can listen to the 5 part series of Alan Cumming reading from his very personal memoir about his relationship with an abusive father, named Not My Father’s Son. There are also links to support services in the UK listed with each episode. If you’re interested…
The annual BBC Children In Need Telethon on BBC TV made UKP 32.6million overnight when the show was broadcast, with a final total due after sales of two singles and other charitable exploits are added in. UK viewers can catch up with the highlights on BBC’s iPlayer and the general site is at www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey
It’s been ten days since UK TV Channel 4 screened two programmes with abuse themes: their fictional flagship soap Hollyoaks screened the culmination of their second male rape storyline in the show’s history, which has recurred after 16 years, sadly second time around it wasn’t as effective. Later in the same week they redeemed this…
