Charlie Whelan, Gordon Brown's former spin doctor, writes a r egular column in PR Week where he champions the Labour  government. And he continues to massage Brown's poorly deflated ego. According to Whelan's latest column, Labour did "slightly better"...

My mother Loula visited last weekend, still very sad and lonely after the death of my father almost six years ago. I always try  to pamper her and make her feel happy during these visits. On the Saturday afternoon, we popped into a local garden centre and were...

With cupboard doors almost swinging from the hinges, it's time for a kitchen refit. The first since our house was built more than 20 years ago. In fact eight years ago, the cupboard doors were painted by my husband to smarten them up and give them a facelift and they...

It's wonderful when new friendships develop thanks to blogging, particularly across continents and different divides. I was thrilled to read Welshcakes' latest post from Sicily telling us that James was visiting her from the Russian Federation. Simi has been sniffing...

The NASA spacecraft Phoenix has sent back historic first pictures of an unexplored region of Mars after its 10 month journey there. The lander is equipped with a robotic arm to dig for water-ice thought to be buried beneath the surface following its 680 mile journey...

I'd like to book some tickets for a West End show for the family just before David heads off to uni later this year (sob, sob). Wickid has been recommended, but I'm not sure if it is too girly. I know my husband and I will enjoy Jersey Boys, but would our sons? Can...

I was asked to chair last night's meeting of Headway Cambridgeshire Trustees. Regular readers of my blog will know about my fear of public speaking, so it was a tremendous personal achievement for me. I won't say I was brilliant, but I managed to steer the meeting...