Articles by Waterside Press, our authors and associates.
by Tessa West, author of The Curious Mr Howard
I can best describe writing The Curious Mr Howard as an adventure. Before I started on it I had written a book about prisons (Prisons of Promise, Waterside Press 1997) three novels and poetry, but I had never written a biography.… Read more “Writing The Curious Mr Howard”
by Bryan Gibson
I was saddened to learn of the death of John Alderson. I had many dealing with him across the years going back long before we published his classic text, ‘Principled Policing’ in 1998.
Together with Andrew Rutherford, John and I went on tour delivering a series of conferences, naturally trying to encourage alternative points of view to many of the mainstream imperatives of the 1980s.… Read more “John Alderson (1922-2011)”
by Allan Weaver author of So You Think You Know Me? 30 August 2011.
In relation to the London riots of August 2011, I was both shocked and troubled at the nature and intensity and I noted with interest that some commentators latterly were highlighting the diverse age and socio/economic status of the rioters in an attempt, I felt, to highlight the whole episode as an act of sheer criminality.… Read more “A View of the UK Riots from Someone Who Has Experienced Both Sides”
by Justin Rollins author of The Lost Boyz: A Dark Side of Graffiti. 16 August 2011.
UK RIOTS AUGUST 2011
A very sad sight, seeing historical buildings that survived the Blitz burnt to the ground. Innocent people lost their lives and homes, it was like looking at a short clip of Armageddon.… Read more “A Week of Complete Chaos and Mayhem on UK Streets”
David Wilson – long supported by the Jeremy Vine Show – passionately made the case for looking at serial murder from the perspective of victims, rather than psychoanalysing the perpetrators. Excessive media focus on killers does nothing to help victims, and can lead to people killing for the notoriety it brings – of which there is clear evidence in recent cases.… Read more “David Wilson on the Jeremy Vine Show”
