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(*With apologies to those of you that have yet to find Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian on Disney+) So Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) said ‘No’. In fairness what…

Breaking In So you think it’s hard breaking out of prison? You want to try breaking in.  This is what it takes for a new social enterprise with One Big…

No Experts Here While it would seem that experts are very much back in fashion - according to government anyway – I on the other hand, do not profess to…

Breaking In So you think it's hard breaking out of prison? You want to try breaking in.  This is what it takes for a new social enterprise with One Big…

  The third of three stints at HMP Wymott Theraputic Community delivering my 24 hour-2.5 day program.  Once again there has been a rush for places I'm told, but this…

The second time at HMP Wymott Theraputic Community delivering my 24 hour-2.5 day program.  Some things are the same and some are very different. Here's the different: I have 3…

100miles of rocks and mud around Lands End on the SW Coastal Path Mile 81 and I’m blowing out of my arse trying to stay with Leanne. We hooked up about…

You’d be forgiven for thinking I’d embraced a life of sloth and gone on the pies given the derth of recent posts of the running-variety. Well, if you’re after self-indulgent…

December 9th and I have 24 hours over three days with 10 men at HMP Wymott as follows: Day 1: 10 hours Day 2: 8 hours Day 3: 6 hours…

It starts as I am escorted from the prison gate to the self-enclosed unit that is the Theraputic Centre inside HMP Wymott.  Wymott is a ‘C’ class of prison –…

This piece was going to be called ‘Sucking Vacuum’ – ‘cos that’s what it’s been like: Nothing. Niet. Nada. The last few months were summed up in the first few…

RedBull - they of energy drinks with gravity-defining aspirations - have a global program that supports social entrepreneurs: People who have creative ideas to help solve the big problems in…