I breastfed my eldest son David to Countdown and thought I had reared a child genius when he could recite many upper case letters of the alphabet before the age of two, before he could even speak properly. However, he never did master the conundrum or numbers game...

I'm taking my mother to the Cotswolds for a few days. She has  seen very little of England's glorious countryside outside East Anglia and I'm hoping she will enjoy its unspoilt, picturesque villages. It's her birthday treat from my sister and I. I last visited...

"“How wonderful it is that no one has to wait, but can start right now to gradually change the world!” Those were the optimistic words of Anne Frank on 26 March, 1944. I was reminded of them yesterday when I joined this year's winners of the Anne Frank Awards 2008...

Newsnight will ask its panel tonight: " What kind of life can a chicken have had when it ends up sold at Tesco for £2?" The answer is obviously none. It then continues to ask if anyone can afford to care when food prices are tripling and it costs nearly £75 to fill...

I know two women whose lives have been shattered by ME, and I can tell you their suffering was very real, and not "all in their minds", as some might believe. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome, affects an estimated 250,000 people in the UK. I'm...

Iain Dale has taken political blogging to a new dimension by launching Total Politics, an essential internet resource for political animals like myself. Total Politics is Iain's brainchild and is also available as a printed edition which Iain hopes "will do for...