We're all in it together...

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 The Digger

bonzo betrayed

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…

In The Digger

scotland’s most hated?

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?

In The Digger

The rain in Spain was poisoned mainly by a plane

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…

In Sunday Times

Shivering as the kids get dressed, where’s our gas, Calor?

Sunday Times piece on the problems of run-outs and failed deliveries of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)

In The Sun

How to avoid timeshare exit scams

Caveat emptor when it comes to timeshare exit firms – there are a lot of bad guys out there. For The Sun…

In Sunday Times

Timeshare pain continues

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

In Taschen

The Rolling Stones Collector’s Edition

Ladies and gentlemen…the Rolling Stones! The definitive, authorized illustrated history of the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band

In Square Mile

Paddy Power – What are the Chances?

Eugene Costello meets Paddy Power’s irreverent head of communication. His name? Er, Paddy Power

In Reader’s Digest

Inside the Mind of a Stalker

Eugene Costello talks to leading psychiatrist, Dr Frank Farnham, who works with some of Britain’s most deluded criminals

In Mail on Sunday

Top Tens

A handpicked compilation of top ten lists of films you absolutely have to see, provided by Eugene Costello for Mail on Sunday.

In Portfolio

The Davos Effect

How decaying cities, fear of crime and astronomical prices are leading the world’s elite to invest in remote sanctuaries

In Debonair Magazine

Micallef – Local Boy Made Good

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

In Maxim

Male Breast Reductions

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?

In Taschen

Marvel – A Mighty History

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.

In Reader’s Digest

Cystic Fibrosis – Strength in Numbers

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

In The Big Issue

Tube Suicides: The Driver’s Story

How do you cope when someone throws themselves in front of your Tube train? Eugene Costello hears one man’s story

In Meze Magazine

Little Italy, Big Reach

Almost-resident journalist, Eugene Costello asks the question that’s been on all our lips; what have the Italians done for the world?

In Mail on Sunday

Locals fight to save Coldplay’s favourite pub

Ring O’Bells in Compton Martin stands up to bullying corporate brewery owners