This is my latest column in the Scotsman, published today 25th June 2024. Cameras are everywhere in modern society. Finally, police...

Crime Time Inc is one of the country's fastest growing podcasts and on Sunday 25th August from 2pm until 4pm, myself and co host Simon...

Historic apologies on behalf of others may seem virtuous but are usually meaningless and often misguided.... This is the my latest...

The Westport Murders part 1 This episode, which is out now - takes a deep dive into one of Scotland's most notorious cases - the story of...

My new true crime book 'The World's End Murders: The Inside Story' takes a detailed analysis into the horrific killing of two Edinburgh...

I've teamed up with the award-winning production and development company Paperclip Ltd founders, Yeardley Smith (actress and voice of...

With a decade of budget cuts and officers forced to deal with issues like mental health problems, new demands imposed on Police Scotland...

This is the subject of my latest Scotsman column, published in today's paper (14th May 2024). The widespread, casual use of high-strength...

Rishi Sunak's ‘shock and anger’ over clumsy comments by a police sergeant about an anti-semitism campaigner added to a hysterical...

When the first wave of heroin hit Scotland in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the decision to concentrate on prosecutions, rather than...

My latest interview, with the Los Angeles based podcast Ill Repute (which is a history podcast that supports women’s rights but more...

I'm delighted that ‘Ruxton‘ is my publisher's bestseller in 2023 for the third year running. Hoping for a repeat in 2024 as the six part...

Humza Yousaf’s efforts to make Scotland ‘Tory-free’ sit uneasily alongside legislation designed to tackle intolerance and bigotry. This...

Former police officer Tom Wood says prioritising which crimes to investigate has always been part of the job This is the topic of my...

I made the front cover of this month's 1919 Magazine, with my article which reveals the bizarre tales of my early days as a beat cop in...

With many demands on officers’ time, it’s time to think about how much we are asking the police to do This is the subject matter of my...

Air quality might be a pressing issue – but where is the ground-level approach to dealing with the state of the roads? This is my latest...

I have written an interesting article for Scotland's 1919 magazine in their recently published February '24 issue. Police Scotland has an...

Police tactics like stop and search can help but a long-term resolution requires social interventions, support for troubled families,...

The vital ingredients of success in any endeavour – good people and good systems – went missing from the Post Office Read what I have to...