I wanted to be sure of the correct protocol when introducing the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, at a business discussion I am chairing among Cambridge entrepreneurs next week. So I asked Sheila Rainger, who used to work at Lambeth Palace and is now head of...

My youngest son James has quit his top Cambridge drama group for golf. I was hoping he had a promising thespian life ahead of him, having played many lead roles and even appeared on TV. This morning I dropped him off at his golf club to play a junior tournament. He...

I should be at my 8am Monday pilates class right now, I love starting the week with a thorough head to toe stretch, only my usually very reliable Honda won't start. So I have borrowed my husband's car at great inconvenience to him as he has a long commute, while he...

I have just renewed my annual subscription for The Cambridge Rambling Club. And I asked myself, could I have spent £4 any better? The club could easily add a nought on the end and members would still pay up. But for just £4 a year, you get the chance to join a jolly...

South African MP George Lekgetho has called for prostitution to be legalised during the football World Cup to be held there in 2010. He believes it would help cut incidences of rape and would bring in taxes to fight poverty. But my CHASTE colleague Carol Freeman...

I recently contributed an article on political blogging to Richard Bailey for the next publication of Behind the Spin. I naturally mentioned how Labour lagged behind Conservative bloggers, who have fire in their bellies and have dominated the political blogging scene,...

I always remember a newspaper editor telling me that stories about disabled people or with a disorder like autism did not sell papers, he used to shun them. He might have felt differently if someone he knew or loved had a disability. Getting positive media coverage is...