Single Handed is an Anglo-Irish police drama featuring Owen McConnel as Sergeant Jack Driscoll, member of the Irish Garda police force who takes over his retired father’s patrol patch in the Connemara region of Ireland. The Lost Boys is the two-part series 4 opener for the UK showings of the drama, though ITV in the…
I mentioned this novel a while back on the blog, and now that I found some time to read it myself, I wanted to share some thoughts. First, the background. This is a novel. I can only assume some of it is based on Tara’s own experiences, but it is not a memoir, so it’s…
Sam Edwards, Chief Executive to the campaign one voice for the kids, sent me an email sharing the details of a rally they have planned for Aug 11, in Aberdeen, Scotland. If you’re a survivor in the UK, I thought I would pass along the information for you: Onevoice for the kids was launched in…
The Cutting Edge strand of documentaries on the UK’s independent Channel 4 is 21 years old since its launch and broke new ground as required by its partly public service charter. This documentary about Jaycee Lee Dugard was recorded when she was found as part of the general media scrum in Autumn 2009 and when…
Patricia posted today about her 4th anniversary of blogging, and included a link to a recent radio show she was part of with other survivors/bloggers. If you’ve been around here any time at all, of course, you know the title of the show sparked my interest. I first started a website, those many years ago,…
A sex offender who wanted to conceal his history and then-current child sexual abuse accusation from his wife at the end of last year, murdered her last January. Today, he was sentenced at Preston Court to life, serving just under 20 years separately to the abuse charges which he admitted. Read the story at The…
