Category: books

  • The Low Road was published last month (Unbound, June 2023) , and I’m grateful to everyone who has supported it, reviewed it and read it so far – please keep your comments coming. This book means a huge amount to me, as many of you will know. It’s taken seven years to research and write.…

  • In this extract from my book, Scapegoat: why we are failing disabled people (Portobello, 2011), on Holocaust Memorial Day, I am sharing my analysis of how the T4 Nazi killing machine was inspired by eugenics enthusiasts in the UK and the US. It’s a grim read, I’m afraid, but important to remember why so many…

  • 2021 in review

    The pandemic dominated journalism this year and last, but I wanted to use this last post of 2021 to give a round-up of the work I’ve been lucky enough to carry out this year, what I’m doing next year – and to thank everyone with whom I’ve worked – whether as a collaborator, an editor…