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Public Perception of Kenya’s Judicial Independence

27th November 2024 Going Postal 0

In recent years, the Kenyan judiciary has faced intensified scrutiny and criticism from political figures, reflecting a broader public distrust of the judiciary. As a political scientist examining the evolving dynamics between Kenya’s judiciary and [more…]

19th Century

Enemies Within: Rendezvous on Windmill Street

16th November 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Ruffians, alone or in groups of two or three, descend from different directions along gloomy London streets on a sharp winter’s weekday night in February 1894. Amongst them is a figure in a top hat [more…]

19th Century

Enemies Within: A Curious Incident at The Observatory

9th November 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

On a crisp February afternoon on a non-descript Thursday in 1894, tram conductor Mr William Smith issued a through ticket from Westminster Bridge to Greenwich. On entering the horse-drawn tram, the passenger concerned wore a [more…]

20th Century

Scandal After Midnight

6th September 2024 Always Worth Saying 0

Busy times for Mrs Francis Killen. The adverts had been placed. The VIPs were on their way. The early weeks of 1960 saw her guests begin to converge on Merseyside. If her curly-wired bakelite GPO [more…]

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An Appointment at Noon

27th January 2024 Novak and Goode 0

The Medical Officer and the young lieutenant inspected the work of the firing party; “She’s still alive, the volley has failed to kill her said the MO,” the young lieutenant looked down at the sagging [more…]

19th Century

The Wrong Colour of Coffin

21st October 2023 Always Worth Saying 0

Dartmoor Dartmoor is a vast, ancient landscape located in the county of Devon. Covering 20 miles by 14 miles, the 80,000 acres of extensive hilly district in the western part of the county are known [more…]

Authoritarianism

OTF: Good Enough For Their Constituents …

20th July 2023 Going Postal 0

Intro I started thinking about this when it was announced Colin Pitchfork was going to be released again. He murdered two teenage girls and raped others. I’m sick of politicians being seen to do the [more…]

20th Century

Modern Policing – A Copper’s View From 1950

12th June 2023 Going Postal 0

In 1950 John E Horwell, the former Chief Constable of Scotland Yard, set out his view of the state of modern policing; a view which will resonate with many 73 years later. This article first [more…]

19th Century

The Lithuanian Gas Chamber

13th December 2022 Novak and Goode 0

Since the “winter” flight timetables have come into operation it has become more convenient for me to initially fly into Kaunas rather than into Vilnius for my business-related visits to Lithuania (something I have undertaken [more…]

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