THE BESTSELLIG AUTHOR NO ONE IN BRITAIN KNOWS
The Guardian, 2010
Crime author simon beckett is huge in Scandinavia and Germany but totally unknown in his native Britain. Read More..
THE NATIONAL FORENSIC ACADEMY
The Daily Telegraph Magazine, 2002
'With the temperature now in the 90s, tempers are growing short. One student thinks she may have found tissue. "Tissue as in skin?" another asks. "Well, it ain't Kleenex," comes the retort.' Read more...
FORENSIC BOTANIST
The Daily Telegraph Magazine, February 2009
'Patricia Wiltshire's sitting room is large and airy, tastefully decorated with fine antiques and silk rugs. A beautiful boudoir-grand piano sits on one corner, while nearby stands an arrangement of white lilies. While too much shouldn't be read into a vase of flowers, given their owner's profession it's ironic that lilies are traditionally associated with death. "What I do is in essence search and location," she says. "It's trying to find missing remains, missing people. Graves."' Read more...
CONVERTED NUCLEAR BUNKER
The Daily Telegraph Magazine, 2007
'He has prepared the bunker as a secure bolt-hole for himself and his family, kitting it out against every conceivable emergency. Heavy-duty batteries provide electrical power, while CCTV cameras monitor the surface and an armoured telephone line and powerful ham radio provide communications with the outside world. Read more...
WHISKY OR WINE?
The Daily Telegraph Magazine, 2006
'"I just drop them in boiling water - once they're pink, they're done. Some people say you should put them in a freezer first, or put them in cold water and bring them to the boil. Others skewer them between the eyes to kill them outright, but I think that's a bit much."' Read more...
HEAT EXHAUSTION IN NEVADA
The Observer Magazine, 2005
'The first hint of trouble came when another student, a police-officer from Las Vegas, commented that he hadn't seen me using the toilet during breaks. Not entirely sure how to take this, I assured him that I had. Good, he drawled. Because if I wasn't urinating every half-hour I wasn't drinking enough.' Read more...
WORLD SLED DOG CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Independent on Sunday Review, 2005
'For the most part the dogs are impeccably behaved. The only displays of bad temper come from the normally placid Malamutes, who invariably start to fall out with each other as soon as they're put in harness. "Typical Mals," smiles one musher, fondly, as yet another pair of them disappear, still scrapping, down the track.' Read more...
HESTON BLUMENTHAL AT HAMPTON COURT
The Daily Telegraph Magazine, 2005
'Many medieval dishes are either impractical for a modern kitchen or unsuitable for contemporary tastes (Meltonville cites one particularly nasty recipe from 1650 that details how to cook and carve a goose while it's still alive)'. Read more...
FRONT SIGHT
Commissioned by The Observer Magazine, 2003
'It's stressed that the intention is not to shoot to kill, but to shoot to stop. But when you're talking about placing two or more shots in someone's face or chest, it's a fine distinction.' Read more...