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 story,...

I went to a trustees meeting at Headway Cambridgeshire last night where it was announced that I am to be its vice-chairman. I consider it a great honour and privilege and will do everything I can to help this wonderful organisation, which provides rehabilitative care...

Being a naturally curious person and always fascinated by the lives of others, I am instantly drawn each week to the family secrets column featured in The Times T2 supplement. It is invariably a deeply personal tale of tragedy and despair, remorse and regrets, a...

It is often the ordinary citizens who are the bravest around us when faced with unimaginable horrors. That particularly applies to the relatives of the Omagh bomb which killed 29 innocent people and unborn twins 10 years ago after a 500lb car bomb exploded in the...

Would you run the London Marathon to provide water for your village, like the Maasai warriors, who have flown thousands of miles here to do just that next weekend? It is such a touching story that I would not be surprised if a generous philanthropist gets out his...

The reunion of a Latvian woman and her 15-year-old son who was snatched as a baby while in his pram outside a supermarket is fantastic news and must give hope to families of other families of missing children. Irina Sukhova (pictured above with her mother) struggled...

I really liked the live video and blog set up for today's Progressive Governance Summit when about 20 world leaders gathered in London to discuss working together to meet the challenges of the 21st century, including climate change, globalisation and poverty. The site...