There are two people I love unconditionally in this world, My Mum and My Husband. Today, is the birthday of my soulmate – my husband. Happy Birthday x This has been a ‘View from the Bottom’ for my hubba! Max x Live Healthy, Laugh Often & Love Yourself! © Kevin Maxwell Film, Media & Performance 2011 – Published…
The events of the past 3-days in London and other parts of England like my hometown Liverpool, and Manchester where I spent 10-years during and after university, are quite rightly shocking and disturbing. It is however heartening to see that ‘most’ people, young, old, black and white are uniting together to condemn what has taken…
Today in my hometown, it’s Liverpool Pride – a festival celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) culture. It is also a day, for me to remember once more the murder of Michael Causer, a fellow Scouser at the age of just 18-years old. The parents of Michael who was beaten to death in the…
It was sad to hear yesterday of the death of Bubba Smith, better known as Hightower from the Police Academy films. It was Hightower along with the rest of the cast, which inspired me to become a cop myself – really! My old friend Laura (better known as ‘Hooks’) who joined the UK academy with…
I ain’t no Marilyn Monroe (well), but I do want to take this opportunity to wish my old friend Barack Obama – the 44th President of the United States of America, a ‘very’ Happy 50th Birthday. It may be the 5 August in the UK now (I’m up late), but it’s still the 4 August…
It’s hard to believe that it was 98-years ago today that Uncle Billy was born, in 1913. How times have changed? To mark his special occasion, he didn’t want too much fuss, so a trip to Nandos it was – obviously with some brandy in-tow. With one thing and another, I’ve not had time to…
A few weeks ago, Alex and I went to the cinema to watch Bridesmaids (yes, I know) and after a short while I found myself wanting to leave! Bad film, I hear you ask? No. I wanted to leave because my sides were hurting with laughter. We’ve both had a busy 2-years, so have not…
It only seems like yesterday that I was at my friend Faryal’s fundraiser in Kings Cross, London for her short drama film, Pictures of Zain! To be honest, I’d not really been into short films up until this point as I liked to get properly into a film and felt there wasn’t enough time with…
This morning, whilst in the mist of a drama which appears to be My Life, My Story at the moment, I received an email from a friend in Manchester on behalf of canal-st.co.uk… I was asked why I had ‘unsubscribed’ to the community website, especially given my background and experiences – to do with social…
My Friend Hazel is Racing for Life in aid of Cancer Research UK, a charity I have been financially supporting since 2004. Hazel’s mum lived 16-weeks from diagnosis until her death with cancer, and it was also 16-weeks from diagnosis until her death of My Mum Annie Maxwell who died from ovarian cancer. As a…
With tomorrow being the last day of the News of the World, Britain’s BIGGEST newspaper I have been thinking as to what ‘leaving present’ staff at News International could buy each other. After an extensive search, I found Hacking for Dummies which is available at Amazon and all good bookstores. Rightly so for those who…
With the announcement this week of investigations and enquiries into the hacking of mobile telephones by News International, I continue in My Fight for Justice as to who in the Metropolitan Police (the force doing the hacking investigation) gave my private data to News International and The Sun newspaper. The recent revelations involving News International…
It is just under a year now on 24 July 2010, that I found out on a Saturday afternoon that my employer the Metropolitan Police Service had leaked my private and confidential information to The Sun newspaper. The Sun was going to run a negative story about me, making public my sexuality as a gay…
The recent revelation that the News of the World newspaper hacked not only celebrities and politicians telephones (who also have a right to privacy), but that of murder victims in particular children is shocking. When I heard of this news, although it disgusted me I did not expect any better of an organisation like News…
With one thing and another, I forgot to celebrate the 1st anniversary of My ‘View from the Bottom’ Blog. It was on 18 June 2010, that I wrote my first article about Islington Council CCTV Vehicles Getting Motorists! Last month, my blog turned 1. I’ve come a little bit of a long way since last…
It was 19-years ago this summer that I took my first international flight – transatlantic to Toronto, Canada from Manchester. I’d been to Europe previously, but only by road. I remember leaving for North America, as if it was yesterday. I naturally was going to miss My Mum, but on reflection I was more worried…