Blog: Strangeways – a follow up
Forty percent of British prisoners reoffend within 12 months of their release from prison; as many as three quarters of prisoners will do the same within nine years of release. Harry Stopes revisits his look at Strangeways prison in Manchester. Read More...
Blog: Catch all?
Considering that the internet has been killing print journalism for approximately fifteen years now, the old beast seems remarkably undead, News of the World excepted. It’s a rare aspiring writer or journalist nowadays that tries to start a new venture in print. Harry Stopes interviews David Mellor from Catch, a brand new quarterly independent publication.... Read More...
Arts & Culture: Figures & Fictions at the V&A
Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography highlights the introspective, the personal and the ambiguous works of 17 South African photographers, in a new exhibition at the V&A museum
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Society: ITV’s Strangeways
Strangeways prison, the icon of Victorian architecture and foreboding institution that gave its name to the Smiths album, has been the subject of a three-part documentary for ITV. Famed for the major prisoner riot of 1990 that led to the reform of UK's prison systems, it remains a place of dysfunction and healthcare failings. Read More...
