The Tartan Con
Rants on Society
Displaying Episode 1 - 10 of 15 in total of The Tartan Con with the tag “the tartan con”.
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Episode 29: Speech on the State of Our Prisons
February 1st, 2024 | Season 1 | 15 mins 1 sec
law, legal, politics, prisons, psychology, the tartan con, uk law, uk prisons
This is the speech that I delivered on 29/01/2024 to the Birmingham- Legal - Medical Society
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Episode 28: When is it time to talk about it - Version 2
July 23rd, 2023 | Season 1 | 7 mins 50 secs
custody, prisons, scotland, self-harm, the tartan con, uk prisons
My little Sunday evening rant
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Episode 27: The Ballad of Reading Gaol
June 4th, 2023 | Season 1 | 3 mins 31 secs
ballad of reading gaol, oscar wilde, poetry, prison life, spoken word, the tartan con, uk prisons
A little excerpt of Wilde's Ballad.
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Episode 24: The Unchained Melody
October 25th, 2020 | Season 1 | 8 mins 26 secs
prison, prisons, the tartan con, uk prisons
A reading of a recent blog
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Episode 23: If
October 25th, 2020 | Season 1 | 2 mins 27 secs
poetry, prisons, spoken word, the tartan con, uk prisons
Reading of Kipling's "If"
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Episode 20: The Government Admits Failure
July 6th, 2020 | Season 1 | 11 mins 28 secs
hmpps, ministry of justice, politics, prison building, prisons, the tartan con, thetartancon, twitter, uk prisons
My rant on the news that England will be building 4 more prisons
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Episode 19: The Red Setter
June 28th, 2020 | Season 1 | 13 mins 3 secs
dogs, prisons, short stories, the tartan con, uk prisons
The Red Setter
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Episode 17: The Broken Contract
June 13th, 2020 | Season 1 | 12 mins 8 secs
coronavirus, covid-19, hmpps, pava, prisons, rants, the tartan con, thetartancon, uk prisons
Upon reading the news today that the UK Prison Service has decided to roll out a incapacitating spray to their staff, I had to have a rant
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Episode 11: A Letter from Oscar Wilde to The Editor of the Daily Chronicle 1897
May 3rd, 2020 | Season 1 | 25 mins 51 secs
children in prison, criminal justice, jails, mentally ill in prison, oscar wilde, prison, the tartan con, uk prisons
This letter was written by Oscar Wilde in 1897 just after he was released from Reading Gaol
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Episode 7: None of The Above
November 25th, 2019 | Season 1 | 12 mins 4 secs
conservatives, general election, labour, liberal democrats, manifesto, politics, prisoners, prisons, the tartan con
My take on the 3 main Parties manifestos as they pertain to prisons.