Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: By Amy There once lived a man, a joyful man, in an age of fear and sadness. A man, and nothing more – born of flesh, to return to dust, like all before him, and all who would follow. A man, and nothing less – with heart, and mind; . . .

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: By Amy and Elaine In August 2007, a seventeen month old boy who was to become known to the world as Baby P died after months of appalling cruelty at the hands of his mother, her partner, and their lodger. As his harrowing story unfolded, with the events leading . . .

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: By Mary “How?” muttered Grumpy Old Man. On the screen, Andrew Marr, barely able to contain his glee, announces the latest revelations concerning claims by MPs in Her Majesty’s Government. Grumpy Old Man (GOM) launched into loud lament: “In our organisation, it’s impossible to claim without producing three receipts . . .

Archived; click post to view. Excerpt: The NSPCC has already been rebuked by the Victoria Climbie Foundation for seeking to mislead the public into believing that Victoria was home educated when she was not. Now the vultures are circling again, citing the dreadful but isolated case of Eunice Spry (a council approved foster carer and . . .