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Award winning Podcast producer  talks about bereavement. TRIGGER WARNING: This podcast contains frank discussions about death in all its forms. This is the second of a series of five podcasts recorded in London In this episode I talk with Georgie Vestey, producer and host of The Dead Honest podcast series which deals with issues of death from the viewpoints of professionals who are involved in the...

Former police officer and commentator. This is the first of a series of five podcasts recorded in London. My guest today is a former police officer having completed 32 years of distinguished service. Chris Hobbs started his police career in Southall, West London. A vibrant and buzzing town where Sheikh, Hindu and Muslim communities live together. But as history has shown, that has not been without...

Comraidship by Edgar Albert Guest   Edgar Albert Guest was a British-born American poet who became known as the People's Poet. His poems often had an inspirational and optimistic view of everyday life. From his first published work in the Detroit Free Press until his death in 1959, Guest penned some 11,000 poems which were syndicated in some 300 newspapers and collected in more than 20 books.  Whe...

The Poem Ithaca by Constantine Cavafy:   Since Homer's Odyssey, Ithaca symbolizes the destination of a long journey, the supreme aim that every man tries to fulfill all his life long, the sweet homeland, the eternal calmness, and satisfaction. Many artists and literary people have been inspired by this interpretation of Homer's poem and have given to this small island of the Ionian Sea a special s...

Krish grew up in the shadow of the Himalaya’s. As the oldest son within a Nepalese family, his responsibility within the Buddhist culture meant that he became a monk. He later attempted to join the Brigade of Gurkhas but failed. He tried again a year later and was successful. Later on he was the first Gurkha to pass selection and became a member of the Special Air Service.  Krish spent the next 19...

Maurice Dobson was a flamboyant, openly gay man. What is remarkable about his story is that he was running a corner shop in the Yorkshire mining village of Darfield in the 1950s. Maurice being an army, veteran and champion boxer knew how to look after himself. Despite the prejudices he experienced, the village of Darfield, came to accept him. On his death, he donated his house to the amenities com...

My guest today left school with very little. He joined the army and passed the All Arms Commando Course. He then  joined the police service and  became a dog handler. But his mental health was suffering and he went into project management and systems thinging. Since then he has become a director within a company helping other companies to assess data and ensuring their own success. Liam Mahon disc...

Ian McMillan is an English poet, journalist, playwright, and broadcaster. He is known for his strong and distinctive Yorkshire accent and his incisive, friendly interview style on programmes such as BBC Radio 3 's The Verb .  We discuss his childhood, his love of poetry and how he is very much enjoying life. 

TRIGGER WARNING: This podcast contains frank discussions surrounding childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence and drug addiction. Mike and Danny found friendship through a chance meeting on social media. Both had a similar lived experience of sexual abuse, addiction and crime as children and adults. They now work as a team delivering their message of being trauma informed to health, law and socia...

Drug dealer to trooping the colour. The life  of Rhys Rutledge, you would think, was a fictional story, such is the unbelievable circumstances and events contained within in. Yet it is all true.  From a young boy witnessing domestic violence to becoming a drug dealer and ultimately addict, succumbing to his own product causing him to contemplate taking his own life. He was in the last chance saloo...

We discuss whether time spent  as a police officer changes your political view, or whether retirement from the service and the freedom of expression it brings allows former officers to let rip. We find out with Bradshaw, Horton and Thomas.

Andy Cooke is currently His Majesty’s  Chief Inspector of HMICFRS, an organisation set up to inspect and advise police forces and Fire Services within the UK on their operational performance. As  a former Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, he has more than enough operational experience throughout his career and has held every rank as Detective status. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at a...

Pat Abram was born and bred in Fleetwood and has the sea in his blood. He became a police officer with Lancashire Constabulary and covered a beat in central Blackpool. On Wednesday 5th January 1983 and minutes before the end of his shift he received a radio message to attend an incident that would result in loss of life of three of his colleagues and that of a member of the public. He barely survi...

In 2016 I conducted my very first podcast with the then Deputy Chief Constable of Lancashire Constabulary Andy Rhodes and who also happened to be my boss! No pressure then. Since that time a lot of water has passed under the bridge as they say and he retired as Chief Constable in 2021. In this episode, we look back at that interview and reflect on policing both back then and now and how it has cha...

Welcome as we review the year in policing 2022. In partnership with Policing TV, the leading police media channel. 

The first podcast for the Thames Valley Police Mens Forum chaired by Chief Inspector Stewart Codling.

Hari Budha Magar was injured in Afghanistan and is a double above the knee leg amputee. Serving for 15 years in the British Army’s legendary Gurkha regiment, Hari has transformed from injured veteran to record breaking mountaineer. Changing perceptions towards people with disability is what now drives Hari. He is a champion of removing limits, most notably with his persistence and involvement in l...

In this episode we look at leadership and the associated topics of wellbeing within the police service. The Thin Blue Line podcast in partnership with Policing TV, the leading policing media channel.

In this episode we sit down around the virtual fire and discuss our own police antidotes and those stories that have gone down in policing folklore.   The Thin Blue Line podcast in partnership with Policing TV, the leading policing media channel. DISCLAIMER: It is entirely possible some of these tales may be untrue or inaccurate. Update Description

In this episode we consider the Police and Criminal Evidence Act. The rule book for police since 1984 after the previous decade saw some massive miscarriages of justice.  The Thin Blue Line podcast in partnership with Policing TV, the leading policing media channel

In this episode we consider the recent report by the HMIC on bad practises within the UK police service. It makes grim reading. What makes it worse it that it is not politically driven but based on solid verifiable evidence.  What is clear is that the Chief Constables have to own this report and deliver on it. The Thin Blue Line podcast in partnership with Policing TV, the leading policing media c...

In this episode we consider the current state of policing in the UK and we make no apology of the fact that we think it’s bleak. Of course that’s just our opinion as are the suggestions we respectfully offer up to the new Prime Minister. The Thin Blue Line podcast in partnership with Policing TV, the leading policing media channel

Deptherary is a scuba diving charity that helps and assists British military veterans who have suffered physical and mental injuries whilst serving their country. It is fair to say that the work they do have saved lives which has been recognised world wide. Click here to view their website. 

In this episode we continue looking at the penal system and discuss whether the death penalty has a place in modern society.  The Thin Blue Line podcast in partnership with Policing TV, the leading policing media channel

In this episode we will be looking at prisons, what is their purpose and are they fit for the job? The Thin Blue Line podcast in partnership with Policing TV, the leading policing media channel.