Peter Evans

‘So far we have successfully avoided loss of life during serious disturbances but if the present trend continues there will be a serious loss of control… In such circumstances there is a probability of both staff and prisoners being killed.’ This dramatic warning, given by the prison governors to the Labour Home Secretary, Mr Merlyn Rees, stimulated the setting up of the May Committee in 1978. That Committee then reported and revealed how dangerously explosive the prison system had become. The time was exactly right therefore for a book like Prison Crisis, originally published in 1980, to draw together all of the issues to provide an agenda for public and politicians to use this best chance in one hundred years for a major reform of the prison system.One issue above all symbolises those which affect the prison system and the prison service, and of course the prisoners themselves; for it exposes why the system is dangerously close to breakdown:-‘The extent of prison overcrowding is a national disgrace. In 1978, for the first time, as many as 16,000 inmates in some of the most primitive of Britain’s prisons were forced to live two or three to a cell which the Victorians had built to hold one. They have not even washbasins in their cells, let alone lavatories… Sometime prisoners are locked in together for twenty-three hours out of twenty-four, sleeping, smoking eating, urinating and defecating without privacy in sickening sight, smell and sound of each other.’The author, who had been Home Affairs Correspondent of The Times for ten years, raises, as Sir Robert Marks puts it in his Foreword, ‘all sorts of issues which could and should be of great interest to a caring public’ and which now demand decision and action: how best to hold the top-security prisoners, including terrorists, how prisons are often forced, with psychiatric cases, to do the job of hospitals; ‘the academies of crime’, detention centres and borstals; the rise in female, and particularly juvenile crime; violence in prisons and riot control; the prisoners’ rights movement; discontent among prison officers not just over pay but over the status of their job and the importance of their role in re-educating prisoners; the governors’ position of responsibility without power; the low political priority given by Government. Finally, in a chapter aptly called ‘Rescuing the Prisons’, Peter Evans conducts a wide-ranging, well informed and radical debate on what, at different levels, needed to be done to make a system rooted in the nineteenth century fit for the twenty-first century and still retain the sense that prisons are above all a moral issue.

Where are the police going? Originally published in 1974, Peter Evans argues that their traditional relationship with the public was being dangerously threatened, a situation neither the police themselves nor the public wanted to see worsen.In his analysis of the pressures and influences that were leading many policemen to question their role in society, Mr Evans looks first at the immense problems created for the police by increasingly violent and sophisticated crime, protest and terrorism. The attitudes of the police, he says, are in keeping with their nature. They are a minority, a semi-closed community, with astonishing records of long-serving families, giving police forces something of a tribal flavour. They have their own slang. Like miners, dockers or railwaymen, their jobs were established in Victorian times and are now faced with a rapid technological change – for the police, a ‘revolution’. Yet there is one important difference: the police must remain manpower intensive, otherwise precious contact with the public is lost. They must also remain craftsmen, not become merely technicians.Mr Evans concludes that successive governments are to blame for not giving the police the sort of backing they deserve – finance, for example, and not merely pious expressions of support. This failure has widened the gap between police and public because of shortage of men, has left London in particular dangerously under-patrolled, and has contributed towards those pressures that tempt some officers to err. There is nothing wrong with the traditions of the police, although some policemen sometimes do not live up to them. The police need more resources and more opportunity to apply these traditions, so that the unique character of British policing is not lost. The author felt there was both time and need for reform in the decade before 1984. Today it can be read in its historical context.

Ninety percent of the world's population seems to be unaware of the potential in this essential realm of the safe Supernatural. It is there to solve problems from personal to national and global; even to the great beyond, the hereafter. The present state of the world highlights this gap.The fastmoving narrative-with its gripping and fascinating reports-is an attempt to draw attention to the astounding value it has been to just one person: using personal anecdotes of Supernatural encounters over 50 years from which the reader may draw their own conclusions.In this entertaining and inspiring real-life adventure, the Spiritual intrusions from the invisible world: surprise, amaze, amuse, overwhelm, delight, shock, redirect, equip, correct, empower; puzzle and provide virtually every human need (not excluding romance). The theophanies train and shape a life relentlessly in directions beyond the author's anticipation. Biblical and evidence-based with witnesses and concrete outcomes, the God-encounters offer rich and often stunning insights into the ways of the benign Invisible Hand; a hand available to anyone with a problem to solve, and especially those with a view to their own hereafter and a value-added experience here."Peter's tale of being transformed from an alcohol-drenched young man in Sydney, Australia, to an on-fire exponent of the Christian Gospel and a witness to astonishing supernatural encounters is one of the most engrossing spiritual tales I have ever read. His life as a biker, a cab driver in the seedier areas of Sydney, ministering in Melanesia, his participation in Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship meetings in California, and his work as a publicist for dynamic Australian Christian organizations is a rich tapestry of human encounters. It is one of the most engrossing spiritual tales I have ever read."Dr David Aikman, award-winning print and broadcast journalist; foreign affairs commentator, 23-year career at TIME magazine and best-selling author (Jesus in Beijing; Mother Teresa; The Faith of Billy Graham, and others)."Peter worked as a publicist on our biggest Conference, Jesus'79 and I enjoyed reading his record of it. I'm happy to commend this book."Dr Alan Langstaff, founder of The Temple Trust, a spear-head organisation for Australia's Charismatic movement."You are a masterful writer and storyteller."Stefan Horvath, Full Gospel Business Australia (FGBA)

‘So far we have successfully avoided loss of life during serious disturbances but if the present trend continues there will be a serious loss of control… In such circumstances there is a probability of both staff and prisoners being killed.’ This dramatic warning, given by the prison governors to the Labour Home Secretary, Mr Merlyn Rees, stimulated the setting up of the May Committee in 1978. That Committee then reported and revealed how dangerously explosive the prison system had become. The time was exactly right therefore for a book like Prison Crisis, originally published in 1980, to draw together all of the issues to provide an agenda for public and politicians to use this best chance in one hundred years for a major reform of the prison system.One issue above all symbolises those which affect the prison system and the prison service, and of course the prisoners themselves; for it exposes why the system is dangerously close to breakdown:-‘The extent of prison overcrowding is a national disgrace. In 1978, for the first time, as many as 16,000 inmates in some of the most primitive of Britain’s prisons were forced to live two or three to a cell which the Victorians had built to hold one. They have not even washbasins in their cells, let alone lavatories… Sometime prisoners are locked in together for twenty-three hours out of twenty-four, sleeping, smoking eating, urinating and defecating without privacy in sickening sight, smell and sound of each other.’The author, who had been Home Affairs Correspondent of The Times for ten years, raises, as Sir Robert Marks puts it in his Foreword, ‘all sorts of issues which could and should be of great interest to a caring public’ and which now demand decision and action: how best to hold the top-security prisoners, including terrorists, how prisons are often forced, with psychiatric cases, to do the job of hospitals; ‘the academies of crime’, detention centres and borstals; the rise in female, and particularly juvenile crime; violence in prisons and riot control; the prisoners’ rights movement; discontent among prison officers not just over pay but over the status of their job and the importance of their role in re-educating prisoners; the governors’ position of responsibility without power; the low political priority given by Government. Finally, in a chapter aptly called ‘Rescuing the Prisons’, Peter Evans conducts a wide-ranging, well informed and radical debate on what, at different levels, needed to be done to make a system rooted in the nineteenth century fit for the twenty-first century and still retain the sense that prisons are above all a moral issue.

Where are the police going? Originally published in 1974, Peter Evans argues that their traditional relationship with the public was being dangerously threatened, a situation neither the police themselves nor the public wanted to see worsen.In his analysis of the pressures and influences that were leading many policemen to question their role in society, Mr Evans looks first at the immense problems created for the police by increasingly violent and sophisticated crime, protest and terrorism. The attitudes of the police, he says, are in keeping with their nature. They are a minority, a semi-closed community, with astonishing records of long-serving families, giving police forces something of a tribal flavour. They have their own slang. Like miners, dockers or railwaymen, their jobs were established in Victorian times and are now faced with a rapid technological change – for the police, a ‘revolution’. Yet there is one important difference: the police must remain manpower intensive, otherwise precious contact with the public is lost. They must also remain craftsmen, not become merely technicians.Mr Evans concludes that successive governments are to blame for not giving the police the sort of backing they deserve – finance, for example, and not merely pious expressions of support. This failure has widened the gap between police and public because of shortage of men, has left London in particular dangerously under-patrolled, and has contributed towards those pressures that tempt some officers to err. There is nothing wrong with the traditions of the police, although some policemen sometimes do not live up to them. The police need more resources and more opportunity to apply these traditions, so that the unique character of British policing is not lost. The author felt there was both time and need for reform in the decade before 1984. Today it can be read in its historical context.

The Deeside Way is a long-distance path running for 66km (41 miles) from Aberdeen, the oil capital of Europe, to Ballater in Royal Deeside in the Cairngorms National Park. Mainly following the course of old Royal Deeside Railway line, it is suitable for cyclists as well as walkers. There is much to be seen along the Way of scenic beauty, historical interest and thriving wildlife. There are fascinating links to the Romans, to Queen Victoria and Balmoral and even to bodysnatchers! This new Guide covers all of these, with a wealth of practical information on preparation for the walk, accommodation, transport and much else. As well as describing the Way itself, Peter Evans includes six additional walks in and around Deeside, varying from short low-level walks to mountain summits.

This is the prequel and sequel to my first book The Prisoner in Hell first written in 2007 I decided this book is a must after the death of my friend in 2016 whose death was partly due to my past and what the system did, It may not be as thought provoking and as hard to fathom as The Prisoner however it is just as true and just as sad.

Natural health expert Dr Joseph Mercola and top Australian chef Pete Evans share a firm belief that what we eat offers us powerful tools to reshape our health. In their second co-authored cookbook (following their 2017 Fat for Fuel Ketogenic Cookbook), they explore the science behind intermittent fasting and the practice of timing ketogenic meals for maximum health benefits.Drawing on Dr Mercola's expertise and visionary work in natural medicine, and Evans' experience as an award-winning restaurateur, cookbook author and TV chef, this book offers: · guidance for a healthy ketogenic lifestyle· tips on stocking a ketogenic kitchen· over 100 delicious recipes aligned with ketogenic principles - all illustrated with mouthwatering full-colour photographs