Kevin Maxwell

Writer and advocate

Broken Britain & Policing

A Broken Shame

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I read last week that Stuart Lawrence the brother of the murdered London teenager Stephen who died in 1993, has made a complaint of racism against the Metropolitan Police. Sadly, it wasn’t the racism that stood out to me but that it took him to speak of his experiences in a national newspaper – for…

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Reviews & News

Upfront with Ngunan Adamu

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I mentioned earlier this week that, I’d been invited on to BBC Radio Merseyside with presenter Ngunan Adamu. Well, that is tonight. So, if you’ve got nothing better to do on a Sunday evening … listen to Ngunan and me chat from 8pm, on her Upfront show. You can catch us on BBC Radio Merseyside 95.8fm…

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Inspiration & Humour

Lincoln v Kennedy… wow!

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A friend posted the following earlier on Facebook, which after reading it freaked me out. Not sure, of the original source.   Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. Both…

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Health & Travel

Made to feel small… down under!

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I was talking to an Australian the other day, and whilst trying to be smart mentioned that I’d been down under. As I reeled-off the places in Oz I visited… Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, in the next breath I was told “nice, but I’m from Brisbane”. How rude? This has been a… don’t be…

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Reviews & News

Upfront… with BBC Radio Merseyside

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I can remember in my teens being on BBC Radio Merseyside twice, the local radio station for my hometown of Liverpool. One was as the St John Ambulance Cadet of the Year for the county, and the other to promote a children’s variety show I was producing at one of the city’s theatres. Well, time…

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Health & Travel

Don’t Suffer in Silence

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With 2012 at an end and everything back to normal in this the second week of the New Year, I hope that any problems you had last year are resolved or at least some peace is brought to you in 2013. The Christmas Holidays is always a time when we reflect greatly on what we…

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Broken Britain & Policing

The case of Ian Puddick

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Recently on Twitter, I came across the case of Ian Puddick. Actually, it was a short documentary by Chris Plumley of Channel 4 Dispatches on YouTube investigating corruption within the City of London Police. It focuses on City Police’s Operation Bohan which was a £1,000,000 counter terrorism operation to arrest Ian Puddick, for creating a website……

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