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'Sowing the seeds of change' - This is my latest article for 1919 Magazine - out today
On the 50th anniversary of the amalgamation of Scotland’s police forces, a former deputy chief constable of Lothian and Borders Police...

Tom Wood
19 minutes ago7 min read


Tl1e big winner from gang wars will be Police Scotland
The massive falling out between two West of Scotland crime families is creating an information bonanza for criminal intelligence units....

Tom Wood
7 days ago2 min read


Policing is about making hard choices - and it always has been
Read what I have to say about this, in my latest column, published in today's Scotsman (10th June 2025). Without adequate resources, what...

Tom Wood
Jun 103 min read


Killing of Amy Rose tip of drugs tragedy iceberg
This is my latest Scotsman column, published in today's paper (27th May 2025). An appallingly high number of people die in Scotland due...

Tom Wood
May 272 min read


Remember the first civilian casualties of war in Scotland
Edinburgh may not have been repeatedly bombed like London or Clydebank but it still experienced multiple raids which killed men, women...

Tom Wood
May 133 min read


The Bombing of Edinburgh & Leith 1939 - 1942 Launches Today & Covered in The Edinburgh Reporter
My newest book The Bombing of Edinburgh & Leith 1939 - 1942 launches today and the Edinburgh Reporter has put together a great article on...

Tom Wood
May 11 min read


Why Scotland is the ideal venue for Donald Trump's state visit
State visits usually involve a trip to a place of particular interest to the world leader involved and Donald Trump's links to Scotland...

Tom Wood
Apr 293 min read


How BBC is inadvertently helping Tate brothers become more famous
Media coverage of worthless individuals like social media influencer Andrew Tate and crime gang members risks glamorising them in the...

Tom Wood
Apr 223 min read


How police made Scottish legal history in Highland torture chamber case
Al Capone, the violent Chicago gang boss, was brought to book for tax evasion in 1931, but similar tactics has not been tried in...

Tom Wood
Apr 13 min read


My New Book 'The Bombing of Edinburgh & Leith 1939 - 1942' Launches in May '25
My newest book The Bombing of Edinburgh & Leith will be available to buy from 1 May 2025 and I will be hosting a launch event on 24th May...

Tom Wood
Mar 311 min read


Why Kyle Clifford's horrific murders should make us all think again about the death penalty
My latest column, published in The Scotsman on 18th March 2025. I know all the arguments around the abolition of the death penalty but...

Tom Wood
Mar 243 min read


My True Crime Books Are In My Publisher's Top 3 Best Sellers for 2024!
I am absolutely delighted to have Ruxton: The First Modern Murder, be Ringwood Publishing's best seller, for the fourth year in a row!...

Tom Wood
Mar 42 min read


Why simple good manners could have avoided Sandie Peggie-Beth Upton tribunal
The row between nurse Sandie Peggie and transgender woman Dr Beth Upton over the latter’s use of the female changing room should have...

Tom Wood
Mar 43 min read


Why Chief Constable was right to act over threat to reopen Sheku Bayoh case against police officers
This is the subject of my latest column, published in today's Scotsman (18th February 2025). A last-minute attempt to change the remit...

Tom Wood
Feb 183 min read


Why the Southport murders and Pelicot mass rape case have a terrifying connection
Southport killer Axel Rudakubana’s descent into hate and the rapes of Gisèle Pelicot were facilitated by some horrific parts of the...

Tom Wood
Feb 43 min read


The terrible day a soldier killed three comrades in the Pentlands for money
The murders of three soldiers near Glencorse Reservoir, Midlothian, were initially thought to have been a terrorist attack.... This is...

Tom Wood
Jan 213 min read


The Glencorse Massacre
This is my latest article, just published in 1919 Magazine - where forty years on, I recount the inside story of triple murderer Andrew...

Tom Wood
Jan 141 min read


Sip Coffee & Talk True Crime on 3 April at Airdrie Library
On Thursday 3rd April, I will be the guest speaker for the ‘Killers & Coffee’ session at Airdrie Library between 5:30pm and 6:30pm. ...

Tom Wood
Jan 141 min read


Featured in Today's Edinburgh Reporter 'Explosive discovery in wartime bombing archive'
A great article in today's Edinburgh Reporter (7th January) about three unexploded bombs dropped during a German raid in 1940 remain...

Tom Wood
Jan 72 min read


How 1980s-style football violence has returned to Scotland in an even more dangerous form
The ease of communication provided by social media, the sale of large-scale pyrotechnics and a lack of police boots on the ground means...

Tom Wood
Jan 73 min read
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