30/05/2018
Phnom Penh Post mortem
I'm breaking my silence with an update on what has been happening in the last…
14/07/2017
Dulce et decorum est
Two months after leaving prison, I am well aware that my silence has concerned many.…
11/05/2017
Freedom interrupted
Walking out of the gates of Kerobokan on Monday was a bit of a false…
09/05/2017
Norman conquest
I thought this last week would drag, but actually it has flown by and I've…
03/05/2017
Now I know why the caged bird sings
I received an interesting email a couple of weeks ago from Matt Bigg, who many…
29/04/2017
Sentence structure
Mohammed Noh flew to Bali on April 27 last year to celebrate his birthday in…
24/04/2017
Fun and games
With just two weeks to go before my release, the fun and games continue at…
18/04/2017
Keep your guard up
Pak Agung is one of the nice guards, which means he is a grasping, conniving…
12/04/2017
Taking the rap for murder
Tommy Schaefer is black and proud, and angry and loud, and he wants the world…
04/04/2017
Crackheads and sore points
At least three or four times a week I'm summoned to one of the crack…
30/03/2017
An innocent abroad
You only have to spend a few minutes with Tony de Malmanche to realize he…
27/03/2017
Render unto Caesar
We'd been told to expect a big raid this week because authorities were looking for…
27/03/2017
View from the outside
By Col Hicks The first time I went to Polresta, I thought it was a…
21/03/2017
Nooks and crannies
I've been really touched by a gift from a fellow inmate -- an ashtray, but…
20/03/2017
From Russia with love
The fate of two Russian drug traffickers caught just days apart in 2012 shows just…
16/03/2017
The ides of March
Kerobokan has reached bursting point and even the longest-serving prisoner in here, Bali Nine member…
12/03/2017
Family jewels
Sayed Azuri may be guilty of naivety, but even in Indonesia that isn't a crime.…
12/03/2017
You’re barred …
There are an awful lot of shots of me on the Interwebz, courtesy of the…
10/03/2017
Seventh heaven
In years to come it will sound ridiculous to say that one of the happiest…
06/03/2017
Swallowing your pride
Ronald Semanda was known in the trade as a good swallower, easily capable of consuming…
04/03/2017
Let those without sin …
The block is abuzz with news of the likely arrival in a few weeks of…
02/03/2017
A year like no other…
"Whatever they say, try not to show any reaction," said my second chair lawyer Elizabeth…
28/02/2017
Exercise and sexercise
For the three months I was in Polresta remand jail, each morning we had to…
25/02/2017
Sitting in the dock of the (Benoa) bay
I don't want to get my hopes up, but I have a good feeling after…
21/02/2017
They wanted me to go to rehab …
The new regime at Kerobokan is keen to resuscitate the prison's rehabilitation programs, which have…
18/02/2017
Is there a doctor in the house?
The prison doctor is due to testify on my behalf as an expert witness when…
16/02/2017
Boys in the Hood
Four of my favourite visitors to Polresta remand jail and here at Kerobokan Prison have…
15/02/2017
Anger management
It was a rough day on Tuesday and in hindsight I probably let the team…
12/02/2017
Trial and error
I was sitting on Sunday in the garden of our block, sipping a coffee and…
22/01/2017
Sad indictment
It has been a big week, dominated by my first court appearance, a drug test…
15/01/2017
Hotel K, Bali’s best-known resort
Well it has been a week in Kerobokan and the place is everything I expected…
08/01/2017
The notorious Kerobokan Prison
Well here I am, Kerobokan prison, or “Hotel K”, or “the notorious Hotel K”, as…
01/01/2017
Auld acquaintance be forgot
It will be 90 days this week since my arrest and I’m desperate for a…
25/12/2016
Dog day afternoon
I lost the plot a bit on Thursday for the first time in weeks. It…
18/12/2016
Happy birthday to me
I've had many happy birthdays over the years and I've had a few miserable ones…
11/12/2016
In Gods we trust
I've taken to attending the modest Christian services that a handful of inmates hold at 6…
04/12/2016
Crime and punishment
Perhaps appropriately for Hindu Bali, there is a distinct caste system here in jail and…
27/11/2016
Buy low, cell high
There was a book I read a few years ago that was very popular at…
20/11/2016
Negative positives
The days drag on interminably, but the weeks have flown by since my arrest a…
13/11/2016
Visiting day
Liana pays a visit I wake up at 3 am and I know I won’t…
06/11/2016
Winds of change
The guards have made small changes to our regular routine, but they ripple through the…
30/10/2016
A snitch in time
One of the inmates tried to kill himself today. He used his T-shirt to fashion…
23/10/2016
Finding my feet
Two weeks have flown by and I remain overwhelmed by the love and support I am getting from all of you. I am fine both physically and mentally and determined…