David Challen

What a moment. I never imagined holding my this book. My mum killed my dad. I fought to free her. This is the story of the abuse we lived through and what led to… The Unthinkable. Out 5 June 2025 🧍🏼👩🏼‍🤝‍👨🏻🧍🏼‍♂️🏠 Pre-order ➡️ hachette.co.uk/titles/david-c…

FKA twigs reaches settlement with Shia LaBeouf over her lawsuit for sexual battery. Twigs alleged LaBeouf to have exposed her to a sexually transmitted infection, attempted to strangle her and slammed her against a car. LaBeouf denied all allegations. theguardian.com/music/2025/jul…

Woeful decision. The BBC “consulted contestants” but NOT the women whose more than 40 complaints were upheld. A programme the broadcaster claims is “bigger than one man,” yet is still unwilling to confront the culture that enabled it. Same old BBC. ➡️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

At a time when our criminal justice system is under great strain and many victims are unprotected and do not get justice, it is shocking that limited resources are used to prosecute such victims. It should target those that actually present a danger ow.ly/GRlM50WqHxA

Thank you to @BBCWomansHour for having me on to discuss my latest report on why victims are quitting the justice process. Thanks to ‘Barbara’ for bravely sharing her experience — a powerful reminder of why the reforms I’m calling for are so urgently needed bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Today I publish the London Victim Attrition Review — a landmark study exposing why so many victims disengage from the justice system. The findings are stark: the system is failing victims. We cannot accept this status quo. Victims deserve better. london.gov.uk/programmes-str…

Why victims are quitting the criminal justice system. I spoke to Sonja to share my experience. The numbers speak for themselves 59% of victims of DA disengage due to police and systematic failures. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Misogyny among boys has reached “epidemic scale”, says the DfE. New RSHE guidance published today urges schools to tackle incel culture, link porn to misogyny, and help boys resist online grooming through positive male role models. ➡️ lbc.co.uk/news/uk/childr…

When someone loses their life to domestic abuse, it is an appalling failure of our society, the state and the systems designed to keep us safe. With a robust monitoring system for domestic homicide reviews we can prevent future deaths and tackle abuse. bit.ly/3IIYIbz

A damning report finds govt has failed to act on half of the national recommendations from domestic homicide reviews. DA Commissioner, Nicole Jacobs says “We’re ignoring the tragedy of women killed by partners.” Just 25% were fully implemented. ➡️ theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

Men like Gregg Wallace reframe sexual harassment as a “difference in perception.” It’s not. It’s misogyny. And doubling-down using autism as an excuse is abhorrent ablism. This man will hide behind anything to excuse his behaviour. ➡️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Former Reform MP and convicted abuser, James McMurdoch, who downplayed his assault on his ex as a “push” (it was multiple kicks and he had to be pulled off her), also took a bank salary while claiming COVID loans. Promising reform, delivering fraud. ➡️ archive.ph/2025.07.12-180…

forgot to mention that my interview with LADbible about the dangers of grok and generative ai has been published! so happy that i can use my experience for good

Gregg Wallace: My Salt Path theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Literal state-sanctioned abuse of the vulnerable, day-in-day-out ⬇️

67 children killed in 30 years. 19 in just the last 9. All during child contact with a known abuser. This isn’t rare. It’s systemic. Read our 19 more child homicides report here: womensaid.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

I wrote this on the latest Gregg Wallace hoo-ha for @theipaper "I’m going to go out on a limb here and say the vast majority of autistic men manage to hold down a career – day in, day out – without once feeling the need to get their tackle out in public". inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

It's been 14 years this week since my aunt was murdered by a man the courts "sympathised" with. Believed over her. Granted him access to their daughters so he could then murder her. And what has @UKLabour @Conservatives done since to save women from violent males? Barely a jot.

Just stop this now telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/0…

Enjoying a lovely week away in Northern Ireland, taking a moment to reflect. A month on from the release of The Unthinkable, I’m feeling proud of the years of work that went into writing it, and above all, grateful to have made it this far.