The Court of Appeal’s refusal to consider medical and mental health and fresh evidence including misconduct by the Prosecution Barrister Christial Moll and lies about Nigel Gould Davis’ pre-existing mental health conditions and failure to comply with the most basic disclosure request in Farah Damji’s case reveals a broken system that endangers lives and undermines…
A stark and compelling new investigation in the View 16 exposes the systemic failures that led to the preventable death of Diana Ocean Grant, a woman living with paranoid schizophrenia who died alone in her cell at HMP Bronzefield. The death of Diana Ocean Grant is more than a tragedy. It is a devastating indictment…
On 4 December 2025, the government announced that Wes Streeting is launching an independent review into the rising demand for mental health, autism and ADHD services, a move officially presented as a necessary measure to ensure “timely access to accurate diagnosis and effective support.” But for many campaigners, disabled people and families, the real fear…
Grief in Britain is often a private affair, spoken about quietly, if at all. Yet in a culture that keeps loss behind closed doors, a new movement is inviting people to bring their sorrow into the light. Grief Raves: The Groove is in the Heart explores how artist Annie Frost Nicholson and Carly Attridge, founder…
HMP & YOI Eastwood Park, the women’s prison in Gloucestershire, is once again under the spotlight, and for all the wrong reasons. An unannounced inspection by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) from 17 June to 3 July 2025, published on 22 September 2025, reveals a distressing environment of self-harm, violence, and despair. Although Chief…
What really happens behind the wigs, gowns, and solemn rituals of Britain’s criminal courts? In Behind the Wig: The Human Cost of the Criminal Bar, two barristers open up about the unseen emotional toll of defending justice in a system that often feels broken. Criminal defence barrister Catherine “Kate” Kelleher says it plainly: “The minute…
After the traumatic removal of her children, Amy Van Zyl turned her pain into purpose. Through Her Circle, the organisation she founded in 2020, Amy now supports women facing what she calls “complex motherhood”, those experiencing overlapping challenges such as domestic abuse, poverty, addiction, and poor mental health. “I had a mental health breakdown, and…