Minds Went Walking

Sunday Blog 84 – 14th May 2023 This is the chapter I would have written for the Minds Went Walking- Paul Kelly’s Songs Re-imagined book if only I had been asked to contribute. Australian singer songwriter Paul Kelly is our Bob Dylan. Our Billy Bragg. Perhaps they sent me an invitation via email and I …

More than the worst thing we’ve ever done

Sunday Blog 73 – 26th February 2023 This post contains a trigger warning as it talks about perpetrators of serious crimes and sexual assaults, and explores the idea of restorative justice. I swear it was a coincidence that the episode of Invisibilia I cued up to play on my drive to Casuarina Prison was on …

I choose to forgive…

Sunday Blog 68 – 22nd January 2023 Trigger warning – this post talks about crime, punishment, forgiveness and might stir up difficult emotions or memories. Please take care when reading. Just after Christmas I read an article about a man called Abdi. He was deliberately run over by a woman while riding his bike in …