If Microsoft isn’t listening, who is?

If Microsoft isn’t listening, who is?

If Microsoft isn’t listening to bloggers, what kind of example does that set for other organisations? I’m referring to the vast number of Microsoft’s Windows XP fans, who have voiced huge disappointment on blog posts and also started petitions to...
Farewell Chris

Farewell Chris

Little did I realise when I had lunch with Chris a month ago that it would be the last time I saw him. I sadly learned on Friday that he had died. Chris was married to my dear friend Sue who died just over a year ago after she drank herself to death. Their great...
A weekend of music and dance

A weekend of music and dance

My mother was thrilled with the Buddy Holly show I took her to in Cambridge last night and sang along to all the old favourites from the Everly Brothers and Elvis. She said she could see it again and again and had to ring my sister during the interval to tell her what...
Rupert Brooke’s warning about Trumpington

Rupert Brooke’s warning about Trumpington

  I have either met the sacked vicar, the Rev Tom Ambrose, or spoken to him on the phone during my days as a Cambridge reporter, but I’m afraid I can’t remember anything about him. I just know we made contact at some time. The vicar of Trumpington has...
A cautionary tale for bloggers

A cautionary tale for bloggers

I’m a self-confessed blogoholic and feel guilty when I neglect blogging because of work and other demands on my time. This week has been like that, and I expect the next couple of weeks to be the same too. If you are as addicted as me, then please do read this...