...its history of theft, fake bomb plots and the like Here's my latest column, published on 27th March 2023. There seems to be a row...

...Police Scotland's historic cases unit Here's my latest Scotsman column, published on 13th March 2023. It’s been a while since I was...

I'm totally delighted that for the second year in a row now, my true crime book, Ruxton: The First Modern Murder has become my publisher...

...something similar happened 90 years ago in Moffat. This is my latest Scotsman column, published on 27th February 2023. Far be it for...

...finally look set to be honoured “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed it’s the...

This is my latest Scotsman column, published 30th January 2023.... As a young policeman rising through the ranks, I was thoroughly...

My latest article on the life and crimes of audacious safe-breaker Hugh Kelly Mannion has just appeared in the January issue of...

This is my latest column in the Scotsman, published on 16th January 2023. The case of Eleanor Williams was unusual to say the least. Ms...

Here's my first column for 2023, published 2nd January. Few would claim 2022 was a glittering year. War, political turmoil and recession...

This is my latest article in the Scotsman, published 19th December 2022. An unsolicited email dropped into my inbox the other day....

Read what I have to say on this, in my latest Scotsman column, published 5th December 2022. Buried on the inside pages last week were our...

I was asked by the new YouTube channel Crime Time Inc to write and narrate the story of Percy Sillitoe, one of Scotland's greatest...

My latest column in the Scotsman, published 21 November '22. The conclusions of the public inquiry into the terrorist attack on the...

It has been 60 years since his death, but Percy Sillitoe remains one of the greatest leaders of modern policing. Read my latest article...

Here's my latest column in the Scotsman, published 7th November 2022.... The 1980s concept of Designing out Crime was a thoughtful...

Here's my latest article in the Scotsman, published 24th October 2022. When the National Police Chiefs’ Council of England and Wales...

...was down to old-fashioned policing Read my latest column, published in the Scotsman on 10th October 2022. The killer of Renee and...

Here's my latest column in The Scotsman, published 26 September 2022. So at last Operation London Bridge, the plan for the funeral...

My column published in the Scotsman on 12 September 2022. As a young detective I was given many pieces of good advice, among them about...

Read my latest Scotsman column, published 29th August 2022. It’s a difficult time to be a member of London’s Metropolitan Police. A...