Supermarket price wars

Supermarket price wars

Newsnight will ask its panel tonight: ” What kind of life can a chicken have had when it ends up sold at Tesco for £2?” The answer is obviously none. It then continues to ask if anyone can afford to care when food prices are tripling and it costs nearly...
How do we support our ME sufferers?

How do we support our ME sufferers?

I know two women whose lives have been shattered by ME, and I can tell you their suffering was very real, and not “all in their minds”, as some might believe. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome, affects an estimated 250,000 people in...
Totally new Total Politics

Totally new Total Politics

Iain Dale has taken political blogging to a new dimension by launching Total Politics, an essential internet resource for political animals like myself. Total Politics is Iain’s brainchild and is also available as a printed edition which Iain hopes “will...
Geoff’s Cambridge to Oxford walk

Geoff’s Cambridge to Oxford walk

My dear friend Geoff who started me blogging is on his second day of walking from Cambridge to Oxford, about 80 miles. That’s a mere stroll in the park for Geoff, who is used to much longer and challenging routes across Europe, and often alone. I don’t...
Meet Mick, who blogs about his brain injury

Meet Mick, who blogs about his brain injury

I spent one afternoon this week sitting in an out-patients clinic run by a neurosurgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge for his brain injured patients in my role as a Headway trustee. It was truly harrowing listening to so many personal stories of tragedy,...