This is the story of a massive miscarriage of justice that leads to a teenager, Stephen Downing, being sentenced to life in jail.

Don Hale worked for the local newspaper and spent years working through the evidence to show that Stephen was innocent.

It is a shocking story.

The journalist William Davis talked to David Freeman on the morning of June 13, 2022, the day before the first Rwanda flight was scheduled and just before the publication of the bill to change the Brexit agreement in Ireland.

As the UK sinks into another election for another Tory election this seems all too relevant again.

The Rwanda flight is yet to happen and the Irish protocol is still awaiting sorting.

This conversation was recorded when Mark's first Thom Thorne novel, Sleepy Head, was published.

It's interesting to note that the UK health service comes under scrutiny in the story and Mark concludes that the problem even then was funding. Some things don't change.

When asked about his own literary enthusiasms Mark comes up with cheers for Ian Rankin and Val McDermid and a whole group of American writers.

A fantastic celebration of the amazing achievements of women in the air and space. Some of these women are hardly known. This book is a revelation.