Journalism

Read a selection of published articles written by Matthew Hall

The shameful way we treat young offenders.

Few teenagers convicted after the riots will be discouraged by a prison sentence.
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Matthew Hall | The Telegraph | November 2011

In the aftermath of his parents' divorce, an 11 year old Matthew Hall went to live with his grandparents.

Their mutual devotion taught him what really makes a marriage go the distance.
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Matthew Hall | Red Magazine | December 2010

How grotesque to see MPs hide behind their ancient freedoms.

Three Labour MPs (and one Tory peer) have been formally charged with fiddling their expenses. So what defence are they seeking to use?
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Matthew Hall | Daily Mail | 09 February 2010

Life is sacred – don't downgrade it.

In our reaction to the Gilderdale case, it is easy to forget that suffering and self-sacrifice are part of a truly humane society...
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Matthew Hall | The Guardian Online | 29 January 2010

How I met my long-lost half brother.

Matthew Hall was 12 when he discovered he had a half-brother. Twenty years later, he traced him via the internet and sent him an email ...
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Matthew Hall | The Guardian | 9 January 2010

Requiem for the ‘people’s judge'.

Matthew Hall deplores a new law that undermines the age-old authority of the coroner and lets the government hold secret inquests into suspect deaths...
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Matthew Hall | Spectator magazine | 5 December 2009

Please let us make provocative drama again.

If a television writer takes to these pages (guardian.co.uk), it's invariably to complain, whinge and bite the hand that feeds him...
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Matthew Hall | Guardian Online | 9 February 2009

We erode the coroner’s ancient powers at our peril.

Governments of all stripes eventually come to resent the separation of powers, none more so than our present one...
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Matthew Hall | Times Online | December 16, 2008