My Monday morning blues

My Monday morning blues

I should be at my 8am Monday pilates class right now, I love starting the week with a thorough head to toe stretch, only my usually very reliable Honda won’t start. So I have borrowed my husband’s car at great inconvenience to him as he has a long commute,...
£4 well spent

£4 well spent

I have just renewed my annual subscription for The Cambridge Rambling Club. And I asked myself, could I have spent £4 any better? The club could easily add a nought on the end and members would still pay up. But for just £4 a year, you get the chance to join a jolly...
Prostitution and the World Cup

Prostitution and the World Cup

South African MP George Lekgetho has called for prostitution to be legalised during the football World Cup to be held there in 2010. He believes it would help cut incidences of rape and would bring in taxes to fight poverty. But my CHASTE colleague Carol Freeman...
Can Labour run an effective social media campaign?

Can Labour run an effective social media campaign?

I recently contributed an article on political blogging to Richard Bailey for the next publication of Behind the Spin. I naturally mentioned how Labour lagged behind Conservative bloggers, who have fire in their bellies and have dominated the political blogging scene,...
My son won’t speak to me

My son won’t speak to me

My son David isn’t speaking to me. You couldn’t meet a more easy going and placid 17-year-old. But suddenly, with L plates on the car, he has become a different person. The power under the car bonnet has clearly gone to his head. He regards me as simply a...