Phillip Hodson first campaigned against censorship of published material when the novel Last Exit to Brooklyn was prosecuted for alleged obscenity in the mid-1960s while he was still at university. The book was acquitted on appeal and the implementation of the law radically changed....
[embed]https://soundcloud.com/alex-hooper-hodson/phillip-hodson-on-the-radio-talking-about-poldark[/embed] The Rev Osborne Whitworth in the popular tv melodrama Poldark has a passion for female feet. Phillip on radio is asked if his character is true to type....
[embed]https://soundcloud.com/phodson/hodson-on-infidelity[/embed] Phillip Hodson discusses on radio the anguish of rejected love. Note - it's assumed by the interviewer that the owner of the damaged car is a man though this may be untrue. Questions covered: Is taking revenge a useful psychological release? Can you...
As a parent, you figure you will finish with the self-sacrifice once they achieve a certain age. It used to be when they reached 18. Then it was 25 and now I've stopped counting the birthdays. My son Alex is...
In journalism's olden days, physical copy had to be transported to the typesetter - sometimes even by train from London to Manchester! Today, instant communication brings with it the dubious luxury of last minute corrections. Case in point. I am asked by a columnist...
Letter published in The Times, April 29th 2015: Auschwitz-survivor Eva Kor claims she has 'forgiven' her death-camp tormentors. Your correspondent, Meira Ben-Gad (April 28th) says that remorse by the offender has to precede any rational act of forgiveness. In fact, the nature of human trauma requires...
Article published in The Daily Telegraph 27th march 2015 Since 1994 probably 600 people have been deliberately killed by pilots crashing their planes into the ground. In a heartbeat, a person charged with protecting the lives of all on board has become a lethal weapon. Andreas...
Medically speaking, until you've found yourself strapped to a vertical bench in the hospital gown of your nightmares while female nurses insert a two-way catheter plus video attachment into your manhood, I'd suggest you haven't lived. Especially when the procedure culminates in a perverse form...
Phillip Hodson radio interview on the psychology of memoranda. Photograph: "Andy Murray with Lendl" by Alexisrael - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Andy_Murray_with_Lendl.JPG#mediaviewer/File:Andy_Murray_with_Lendl.JPG...
Phillip Hodson's radio interview on the forthcoming nuptials of the multi-media mastermind Stephen Fry...