FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 18 - The Untold Story

Post Office cash transactions set new record for second month in a row

Deposits and withdrawals totalled a record £3.57 billion in May, following a previous record in April.

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2024

Your sermons on integrity are a bit rich, archbishop, given your faith in Paula Vennells

Justin Welby has urged politicians to behave nicely. Shame he didn’t say as much to the former Post Office boss

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2024

Officials considered sacking Paula Vennells as Post Office boss in 2014

Horizon scandal inquiry is shown document saying board members and Whitehall had doubts about her suitability

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2024

Toby Jones claims Alan Bates turned down Glastonbury offer: ‘He can’t be bought’

British actor said the former subpostmaster he plays in ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ said ‘no thank you’ to opening the famous festival

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2024

Are we witnessing the death of ‘distinctive’ British TV?

ITV had a huge hit with the powerful real-life drama ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ back in January, but the broadcaster believes that it’s getting harder and harder to make ‘very distinctively British’ shows. Katie Rosseinsky explores why series like this might be a dying breed

The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2024

Toby Jones praises ‘extraordinary dignity’ of Post Office accused

Actor, who played campaigner Alan Bates in TV drama, calls Horizon scandal a ‘Hitchcockian nightmare’ at Hay festival

The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024

MSPs pass law to exonorate wrongly convicted sub-postmasters in Horizon scandal

HOLYROOD has passed “unprecedented” legislation to exonerate subpostmasters in Scotland who were wrongly convicted as part of the Post Office…

The National (Scotland) · May 30, 2024

OPINION - It’s too expensive to send a letter — we should renationalise Royal Mail, not sell it abroad

The other day I got the shock of my life at the post office where I was sending a letter to Ireland to find the nice man on the counter was asking me for £2.50 for a stamp. Two. Pounds. Fifty. “What,” I said weakly. “Yep,” he said, plainly used…

Evening Standard · May 29, 2024

Why are organisational cover-ups so common?

The TV dramatisation of the UK Horizon Post Office scandal evoked outrage and disbelief. However, as another example of dysfunctional organisational behaviour, it was expected rather than exceptional.

The Conversation · May 28, 2024

OPINION - It’s vital that culture can continue shedding important light on undersung campaigns

A run of recent dramas based on real-life issues - including ITV’s galvanising show Mr Bates vs the Post Office, and James Graham’s new play Punch - remind us of the incredible power of culture

Evening Standard · May 28, 2024