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John Heale

John Heale

John Heale is the pseudonym of an investigative journalist. He worked on television documentaries in the early 2000s, before freelancing for newspapers and magazines including The Times and The Telegraph. In 2007 he wrote One Blood as a response to... Read full bio

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Q. What is your favorite television show?
A. It's either The Wire or Deadwood. Or Battlestar Galactica. Or Arrested Development. One of them, anyway,
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My life in 8 words: "Looking for stories, researching stories, writing stories. Um."
December 15, 2011
First of all this piece by Peter Squires re 2011 riots, gangs etc echoes many of the points I'll be making in the updated...
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December 15, 2011


As soon as I saw the first headline to come out of Reading the Riots, I began to fear for the project. In fact - that's...
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December 15, 2011
So - we assume - there was an argument between the Home Office and No 10 over Bratton's potential appointment as Met...
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October 31, 2011
Nick de Bois MP: I want this amendment to go through so that we have mandatory custodial sentences. Waving a knife around is...
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One Blood will be released on January 19, 2012 in Mass Market Paperback
Jan 19, 2012
One Blood is now available in Mass Market Paperback
Jan 19, 2012
Dec 16, 2011
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It's War on Gangs time
Dec 16, 2011
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Notes for Nick de Bois
Nov 01, 2011
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Oct 21, 2011
One Blood will be released on October 15, 2009 in eBook
Oct 15, 2009
One Blood is now available in eBook
Oct 15, 2009
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Chapter 1 from One Blood
Jun 20, 2009
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Q. Who are your favorite authors? A. Charles Dickens, Gay Talese, P.J. O'Rourke, Eric Schlosser, Michael Bywater, P.G. Wodehouse, Evelyn Waugh, William Hazlitt. Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers? A. Prepare for rejection and publicise yourself. Q. What are your 5 favorite books of all time? A. Catch-22 A Confederacy of Dunces Brief Interviews With Hideous Men Decline and Fall Bleak House Q. Is there a book you love to reread? A. Not really, just bits of various authors Learn more about John Heale

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New Statesman, September 12, 2012
...tale that will provoke harrumphing from both sides of the political spectrum. Alan White is the author, as John Heale, of “One Blood: Inside Britain’s New Gang Culture” (Simon & Schuster, £7.99...
Abu Dhabi National, July 13, 2012
...jollies. Alan White’s work has appeared in the Observer, Times, Private Eye, The National and TLS. As John Heale, he is the author of One Blood: Inside Britain’s Gang Culture, republished this year...
New Statesman, June 9, 2012
...the Observer, Times, Private Eye, The National & TLS. He lives in London and tweets as @aljwhite . As John Heale, he is the author of One Blood: Inside Britain's Gang Culture , republished this year...
New Statesman, June 8, 2012
...the Observer, Times, Private Eye, The National & TLS. He lives in London and tweets as @aljwhite . As John Heale, he is the author of One Blood: Inside Britain's Gang Culture , republished this year...
Zimbio, June 4, 2012
...the Observer, Times, Private Eye, The National & TLS. He lives in London and tweets as @aljwhite. As John Heale, he is the author of One Blood: Inside Britain's Gang Culture, republished this year. CNewsworld According to a top BCCI official, there is no...
New Statesman, June 4, 2012
...the Observer, Times, Private Eye, The National & TLS. He lives in London and tweets as @aljwhite . As John Heale, he is the author of One Blood: Inside Britain's Gang Culture , republished this year...