Joe is assistant editor of the Press and Journal and Evening Express and particularly enjoys his responsibility for fostering and maintaining good relations with readers. He cut his teeth as a news journalist on a busy weekly newspaper in London before starting a two-decade spell reporting on politics, first in town halls and then for 16 years with the Press Association at Westminster, latterly as chief political correspondent. A keen hiker despite being registered blind, he moved to the north-east in 2016 to join Aberdeen Journals and has taken full advantage of having the coast and the Cairngorms on his doorstep. He's not as funny as he thinks he is, so bear with him...
Lindsay Razaq: stopping under-twos watching TV is extreme, unrealistic and frankly demotivating
April 30, 2019
Dr Miles Mack: Psoriasis, poetry and the need to treat illness as well as disease
April 26, 2019
Catherine Deveney: If you think something smells, make sure it isn’t you
April 26, 2019
Dr Gillian Mackintosh: Bishop Elphinstone would be delighted with the online learning revolution
April 25, 2019
James Millar: Horsemeat pizza, John Curtice and the electioniest year in British history
April 24, 2019
Lindsay Razaq: My faith that Notre Dame will rise again, stronger still
April 23, 2019
James Johnston: where are the economists with vision to end the world’s dangerous drift?
April 23, 2019
David Knight: Climate change catastrophe or a cheese salad sandwich?
April 22, 2019
Right Rev Susan Brown: Our church may be smaller but it is more deeply committed than ever to doing good
April 22, 2019
Catherine Deveney: It is not just Notre Dame that needs rebuilding, it is the Catholic church itself
April 19, 2019
Ben Dolphin: When getting cold feet is just what the doctor ordered
April 19, 2019
Bishop Anne Dyer: It’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it – why Easter is a time to roll up our sleeves and get stuck in
April 18, 2019
Tom Peterkin: When and how will Nicola Sturgeon tackle Indy Ref 2?
April 17, 2019
A dram not a drama: how the whisky industry is working to lessen the impact of Brexit
April 16, 2019
This planet is not a plaything: why vast ranks of plastic toys spell disaster for the environment
April 16, 2019
Are Brexit-obsessed MPs neglecting pressing national issues? You can bet the House on it
April 8, 2019
Making an ass out of you and me: why modern morals mean we must talk, not assume
April 8, 2019
Two books, 80 angry women and one hell of a long way still to go on feminism
April 5, 2019
We closed the asylums and stopped talking about lunatics – but are we really much better at dealing with mental illness?
April 5, 2019
Your chance to help Cyclone Idai victims
April 4, 2019
Let’s not labour the ‘modern Clearances’ line: but history has lessons for us on land reform
April 2, 2019
Chronic pain is torture: could the SAS teach us ways to manage it better?
April 1, 2019
An April fool and his money are soon parted: why ‘crazy consumerism’ is no joke
April 1, 2019
Mothers and memories: Why this will be a weekend of very mixed emotions
March 29, 2019