What’s on your Christmas book list?

What’s on your Christmas book list?

I am not making a Christmas book list this year as I still haven’t got round to reading so many books that I bought over the last few months. And apologies for not updating the books listed on my blog, particularly as I know readers have checked them out and...
Who’s Who in Cambridge

Who’s Who in Cambridge

If you don’t receive a New Year’s Honour this year, how about trying to get included in the next bumper volume of Who’s Who? It could be the next best thing. There are 38 new entries from Cambridge in the latest edition, mainly academics from the...
Capello and his first English challenge

Capello and his first English challenge

I’m sure Welshcakes would be delighted to help England’s newly crowned Italian football manager Fabio Capello learn English. She is teaching it to young Italians in Sicily – but believes Capello’s linguistic dream is impossible to achieve:...
A day of festive fun – and work

A day of festive fun – and work

I have one humdinger of a day. Firstly, I shall be wearing my Headway hat today as I join its Cambridgeshire members as a helper in my role as trustee on their annual panto trip to The Arts Theatre, Cambridge to see Cinderella. Headway is particularly thrilled and...