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My 2am football call
I thought the worst when the phone rang at 2am yesterday. I knew it wasn't my mother as she was staying with me for the weekend. Could it be my elderly in-laws, I wondered? Or a friend in desperate need? No, it was none of those. It was my son David ringing from Hull...
Could you stay silent all day?
Unbelievably, James has offered to do a sponsored silence at school today to boost funds for his school prom. Four of his teachers are coughing up cash if James can keep his lips zipped all day. This will indeed be a first, not that I believe "children should be seen...
Mixed blessings for Question Time tonight
I bet Question Time is kicking itself for not taking up the offer of having Tony McNulty on its illustrious panel tonight. He was suggested as a last ditch replacement for the new immigration minister Phil Woolas, who was barred by Home Secretary Jacki Smith for...
Fish and chip suppers given a boost
Fish and chip suppers have been given a boost following an announcement by the European Parliament to reform the failing 2004 cod recovery plan. The plan was intended to help boost depleted stocks of white fish, but has been ineffective and had a ruinous effect on the...
That elusive search for Mr Right
Marrying young can work - my mother was only 16 and had known my father a short while before their wedding in war-torn Greece. What is tragic about Peaches Geldof is her bleak description of marriage today. The 19-year-old married three months ago in a Las Vegas...
Women aid workers who risk their lives
I call it a cowardly attack of the worst kind. Two men on a motor bike pull up alongside a woman on her way to work, one of them jumps off and shoots her at close range. She was defenceless and unarmed. Her crime was to be a Christian woman. The Taleban claimed...
Did you see The Beatles live?
My blogging friend Richard Havers would like to hear from you if you have seen The Beatles live, or know someone who did, for a project he is working on. This is the post Richard wrote where you can contact him, and he's getting some interesting responses. ...
Watch out Tiger Woods
I can't deny I was really disappointed when James gave up the stage for golf, which I wrote about here. But he has excelled in his new passion, winning a major tournament this weekend. His name will now be engraved on a roll of honour along with other champions at his...
Could stem cell research helped save Daniel?
As a mother whose two sons were both enthusiastic rugby players for several years, I admit there were times when I could not bear to watch the most brutal parts of the game on the touch line. This involved David and James being thrown horribly to the ground like a rag...