The Tartan Con

Episode 29: Speech on the State of Our Prisons

February 1st, 2024  |  Season 1  |  15 mins 1 sec

law, legal, politics, prisons, psychology, the tartan con, uk law, uk prisons

This is the speech that I delivered on 29/01/2024 to the Birmingham- Legal - Medical Society

Episode 28: When is it time to talk about it - Version 2

July 23rd, 2023  |  Season 1  |  7 mins 50 secs

custody, prisons, scotland, self-harm, the tartan con, uk prisons

My little Sunday evening rant

Episode 27: The Ballad of Reading Gaol

June 4th, 2023  |  Season 1  |  3 mins 31 secs

ballad of reading gaol, oscar wilde, poetry, prison life, spoken word, the tartan con, uk prisons

A little excerpt of Wilde's Ballad.

Episode 26: The Fourth Estate - Truth or not ?

March 6th, 2022  |  Season 1  |  15 mins 11 secs

Where I question the media

Episode 25: When is it Time to Talk about it ?

January 24th, 2021  |  Season 1  |  6 mins 27 secs

criminal justice, prisoners, prisons, rants, uk prisons

I seem to have got my voice back

Episode 24: The Unchained Melody

October 25th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  8 mins 26 secs

prison, prisons, the tartan con, uk prisons

A reading of a recent blog

Episode 23: If

October 25th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  2 mins 27 secs

poetry, prisons, spoken word, the tartan con, uk prisons

Reading of Kipling's "If"

Episode 22: Turn the Clock back?

October 4th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  14 mins 33 secs

criminal justice, podcasts, prisoners., prisons, rants, twitter, uk criminal justice, uk prisons

if you could turn the clock back, would you ?

Episode 21: Late night Poetry

August 11th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  3 mins 58 secs

criminal justice, poetry, prisons, uk prisons

recorded in the wee small hours, "My Friend" Kahlil Gibran

Episode 20: The Government Admits Failure

July 6th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  11 mins 28 secs

hmpps, ministry of justice, politics, prison building, prisons, the tartan con, thetartancon, twitter, uk prisons

My rant on the news that England will be building 4 more prisons

Episode 19: The Red Setter

June 28th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  13 mins 3 secs

dogs, prisons, short stories, the tartan con, uk prisons

The Red Setter

Episode 18: Poetry. Wordsworth, Frost and Gibran

June 28th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  5 mins 47 secs

crime, criminal justice, poetry, prisons, prisons uk, twitter, uk prisons

A little reading of Worsworth, Frost and Gibran

Episode 17: The Broken Contract

June 13th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  12 mins 8 secs

coronavirus, covid-19, hmpps, pava, prisons, rants, the tartan con, thetartancon, uk prisons

Upon reading the news today that the UK Prison Service has decided to roll out a incapacitating spray to their staff, I had to have a rant

Episode 16: De Profundis - Excerpts and a critique

May 31st, 2020  |  Season 1  |  40 mins 10 secs

de profundis, letters, poetry, prisons, uk prisons

A few of my favourite excerpts from De Profundis. The Letter written by Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas in 1897

Episode 15: De Profundis Part I

May 24th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 20 mins

de profundis, podcasts, prison, spoken nowrd, uk prisons, wilde

My Critique and Reading of De Profundis - Part 1

Episode 14: Prison Reform according to Oscar Wilde

May 17th, 2020  |  Season 1  |  14 mins 47 secs

prison, prison reform, prisons, uk prisons, wilde

Wilde's last letter to the Editor of The Daily Chronicle