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...
Bishop: scrapping free TV licences would cut a vital lifeline for the over 75s
February 21, 2019
Unexpected items in ‘bagging’ areas: a century on is Sir Hugh Munro’s legacy good or bad?
February 19, 2019
When teachers are getting punched, kicked, spat on and sworn at I know who I blame – rubbish parents
February 18, 2019
The nation looked after the Baby Boomers – it’s time they started giving something back
February 15, 2019
Volunteering at Childline has opened my eyes wider to the problems facing young people today
February 14, 2019
We love it when a plan comes together – but even the A-Team would struggle with this one
February 13, 2019
Fee, fi, no fun: why my daughter needs the blood of an Englishman to keep her sane
February 12, 2019
University chief: why my roots give me a special reason to make higher education more accessible
February 12, 2019
A fresh coat of pain: the unhealthy consequences of our ‘must-have’ shopping culture
February 11, 2019
We are beginning to near the end of Brexit – or at least the end of the beginning
February 11, 2019
Going out in style: there is something unhealthily modern about fast-track funerals
February 8, 2019
The real McCoy: the north’s pioneering role in making science fiction into medical fact
February 6, 2019
Toddlers with tablets: how young is too young to be exposed to modern technology?
February 5, 2019
Wasted potential: the urgent need to get more from our historic monuments
February 5, 2019
This is not about cute kittens- but maybe we would save the planet sooner if it were…
February 4, 2019
Knocking on the wrong door: how red tape has become the enemy of GP home visits
February 1, 2019
And the Oscar goes to….hopefully something of substance and emotional truth
February 1, 2019
When going green backfires: stopping the rich getting the lion’s share of environmental benefits
January 31, 2019
Brexit on the rocks? Politics is best served neat not in fancy TV cocktails
January 30, 2019
As toxic as tobacco: why social media giants must be judged by their public health impact
January 29, 2019
Being glad to have some of it all, some of the time: why the supermum model is an unwelcome pressure
January 29, 2019
Come together, right now: what Scots can learn about helping one another from India and Pakistan
January 28, 2019
Choosing motherhood: Discrimination against working woman who choose to have children must end
January 25, 2019
Attitude at altitude: why are some walkers more remote than the landscape?
January 25, 2019