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How green will our gardens grow under these new EU proposals?
I have just issued a press release for Euro-MP Robert Sturdy warning of the wide-ranging impact of the controversial Pesticide Directive which will be voted on by the European Parliament in Strasbourg next week. It is a directive which will affect all our daily lives...
Can a divorce fair ease the pain of parting?
Surely anything that helps ease the pain of divorce - both emotionally and financially - has to be good idea. Or is it? The world's first divorce fair is being held in Vienna this month as the divorce rate in Austria hit an all time high of 50% in 2006, with 66% of...
The missing – Natalee Holloway
Natalee Holloway went on a celebratory graduation trip to the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba in May 2005 - and never returned home. She was 18. The disappearance caused a media frenzy in both the U.S. and Aruba. Natalee was with a group of 124 graduates on a 5 day...
Can the Brits do anything right?
Today we are told it is predicted that the Brits will become increasingly obese because of the lifestyles we lead. Yesterday there was yet another warning about the hazardous levels of our alcohol consumption. So is it any surprise that we are also said to produce the...
What am I bid for the Citizen Kane Oscar?
I cannot understand how anyone could give away an Oscar, which is what Orson Welles did as payment to a Los Angeles cinematographer. Was he really so hard up after making the powerful film Citizen Kane, which caused a terrific storm in 1941 when there were attempts to...
Was age or lack of charisma the reason Ming quit?
I doubt Ming's age of 66 was the real reason for his resignation as Lib Dem party leader, more his lack of oomph or charisma, his inability to connect (my favourite word) with voters. It was his greyness of character rather than the colour of his hair that let him...
Wills, appeals and denied inheritance
I have written a will, being of sound mind, I hope, solely to ensure the future care of my two sons if the worst should happen to me. There are not many noughts at the end of my bequests, unlike that of Branislav Kostic, who left £8.3m in his will to the Conservative...
Education, education, education – £100 million axed from higher education
A guest post by Linda Hawkins, otherwise known as Zenfrog, on the government's commitment to our future education by slashing £100 million from its funding. She describes how it turned her into an activist: I’m blogging about an issue that is very close to my heart...
Off to Bristol soon
David and I are visiting Bristol this weekend to tour the University of the West of England. He is keen to learn about their Economics/Business courses, which includes spending a year working with a company, either at home or abroad. This is also offered by Hull uni,...