A week at the Wellcome Trust

A week at the Wellcome Trust

I have spent the last week at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute working with their media team to promote the biomedical research being carried out by their scientists, the kind of research that contributes to making discoveries which make a huge difference to all...
Adoption should not be a last resort

Adoption should not be a last resort

I’m thrilled to see philanthropist Francesca Polini in today’s Times promoting a fairer adoption system both in the UK and internationally. Francesca and her husband Rick went to Mexico to adopt two babies after being turned by their local authority in...
The Mumsnet Rules

The Mumsnet Rules

I wish Mumsnet had been around when I agonised over bringing up my kids. The best part is knowing you are never alone with problems, that a national – and international – community of mums are online for a chat. Their pearly words of wisdom are now...
Why can’t Annunziata Rees-Mogg stand as a Tory MP?

Why can’t Annunziata Rees-Mogg stand as a Tory MP?

Would you consider putting yourself up for a dream job a second time which you had previously lost, particularly having experienced the harsh unpleasantness that can be par for the course? After reading Annunziata Rees-Mogg’s account in today’s Sunday...