Neds

  • Neds

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I have blogged about my bullying experiences before in two posts: Sticks and Stones One and Two. I spoke about how it was all in the past and that I was fine now. And until last night, I thought I was. We sat down as a family to watch Neds, a film set in…

  • Gangs of Glasgow

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com]   Robert Jeffries writes, “research conducted by Glasgow University’s Professor Neil McKeganey shows that one in three boys and one in twelve girls across Scotland has carried a knife at some time.” A chilling figure. I am Glaswegian and come from Easterhouse, one of the areas badly troubled by gangs in the seventies…