Some of my favourite pieces have been when I have been writing about society issues. The fabulous twins I met who had survived beyond the odds and far beyond their life expectancy. The forensic psychiatrist who is arguably the UK’s leading authority on stalking. Joining a plane that had been converted into a flying eye hospital when it touched down in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Life is a rich tapestry, as REM (sort of) observed. It’s the myriad human stories, our little lives, that provide the timbre and the colour.
In a $12bn Colorado court challenge, an heiress claims she was swindled out of her inheritance. But the argument is about much more than one woman’s money and about the infinite possibilities of the world of offshore finance. Published by The New World Newspaper.
… not a perk. Travel writers fear taxes on hospitality could surpass earnings. Eugene Costello reports.
One of the major players in the gang war between Glasgow’s Daniel and Lyons mobs will be livid to learn that one of his right-hand men has gone over to the other side…
After leading Scotland to an ignominious defeat at the Euros 2024, has Steve Clarke become as hated in his own country as Nicola “Wee Jimmy Krankie” Sturgeon?
The curious tale of a USAF mid-air collision known as the Palamares Incident that caused four hydrogen bombs in the Sixties to fall and render the drinking water unfit for human consumption thanks to elevated levels of radioactivity…
Sunday Times piece on the problems of run-outs and failed deliveries of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)
Caveat emptor when it comes to timeshare exit firms – there are a lot of bad guys out there. For The Sun…
Sunday Times – More than half a million reluctant timeshare owners are locked into harsh and unfair contracts – and it could be their children who carry on paying the price. By Eugene Costello
Ladies and gentlemen…the Rolling Stones! The definitive, authorized illustrated history of the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band
Eugene Costello meets Paddy Power’s irreverent head of communication. His name? Er, Paddy Power
Eugene Costello talks to leading psychiatrist, Dr Frank Farnham, who works with some of Britain’s most deluded criminals
A handpicked compilation of top ten lists of films you absolutely have to see, provided by Eugene Costello for Mail on Sunday.
How decaying cities, fear of crime and astronomical prices are leading the world’s elite to invest in remote sanctuaries
The working-class son of immigrants, Antony Micallef is the original ‘outsider’ artist, who has broken through class barriers to become one of the most successful and sought-after of his generation, says Eugene Costello
You’re a lean, mean, lovin’ machine…apart from a rather fetching pair of knockers that you can’t get rid of. Or can you?
From the very first issue of pulp impresario Martin Goodman’s Marvel Comics in 1939, the comic book creators of Marvel’s Golden Age flipped the traditional fantasy script by placing the inhuman and the invincible into the real world.
Lives Less Ordinary. The doctors said they’d be dead by the age of five, but mutual support has turned Christine and Michelle into long-living record-breakers
How do you cope when someone throws themselves in front of your Tube train? Eugene Costello hears one man’s story
Almost-resident journalist, Eugene Costello asks the question that’s been on all our lips; what have the Italians done for the world?
Ring O’Bells in Compton Martin stands up to bullying corporate brewery owners