Feeding the 2,000

Presents wrapped? Turkey basted? Getting ready for Christmas is exhausting for most of us.
But imagine planning your Christmas Day party for a guest list of 2,000.

Now suppose that every one of those guests is a child or young person who does not expect to receive presents and has nowhere else to go on Christmas Day.

That is the challenge faced by Camila Batmanghelidjh and her staff at Kids Company. Read more in my BBC Christmas feature.

Homophobic Hate

Just as gay and lesbian people are starting to enjoy equal rights, homophobic crime is on the rise. I explore why for BBC News.

Poison Doctor

The trial of a doctor who spiked his lover's drinks to try to induce a miscarriage reveals tangled love-lives, twisted with jealousy and deception. Here's my analysis of the case for BBC News.

Staying power

In the winter of 1969, a vicar opened the basement of his church in central London's Soho as a temporary night shelter for the homeless.

Forty years on, Centrepoint looks very different.

Cutty Sark delay

I discovered the reopening of the famous 19th Century ship Cutty Sark has been postponed until the spring of 2011. Here's my piece for BBC News.