As you may have heard, the Labour party made a pre-election pledge yesterday. If it wins the forthcoming general election, it has vowed to double paternity leave from two to four weeks and increase statutory paternity pay. Presently capped at £138.18, it would increase to a maximum of £260. At this point I have to
The other day I was going through some manuscripts I wrote years ago. The story below was among them. It is loosely based on an experience I had when I was a local news reporter in my early twenties. I was working during the quiet period between Christmas and New Year and only the one
Following on from the short story I wrote about the independence referendum in Scotland, here’s another piece of fiction. It’s loosely based on an experience I had as a young news reporter many, years ago. I’m also linking this up with the #proseforT linky. A beautiful place to die It was the silence that struck
