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James’ mystery leading lady
My son James is filming again today, we had a 5am start so he could get to the studio in Stoke Newington, which is recording a new BBC series of Love Soup. He has his first speaking part too in a professional role. He will be filmed coming out of the...
The missing – Trenton Duckett
Two-year-old Trenton Duckett disappeared from his cot where he was sleeping at home in Leesburg, Florida last August. His 21-year-old mother Melinda committed suicide two weeks later, apparently following a TV interview with Nancy Grace, a controversial former...
The world’s No 1 failure is …
Type the word "failure" into Google and whose name comes up first? I don't want to give the game away, just try it for yourself. The idea came from reading Robert Scoble's post on Googlebombing.
Andrew Lansley shows his emotions
The reason I couldn't attend yesterday's Olympic logo launch was because as a trustee of Headway Cambridgeshire I had been asked to look after Andrew Lansley during his visit in the afternoon to mark National Volunteer Week. Not that he needed any looking after, he...
Why we need more women MPs, by Boni Sones
A guest post by Boni Sones Boni is one of life's characters, we used to work together at the Cambridge Evening News and she has always been a great enthusiast. We met up again recently and I offered her a guest post to write about the Women's Parliamentary...
The missing – Yeremi Vargas
Yeremi Vargas, aged seven, vanished while playing outside his home on the holiday island of Gran Canaria three months ago. He was last seen playing with two of his cousins just a stone’s throw away from his family on 9 March. Extensive...
Is the Olympics 2012 brand a winner?
Is the Olympics 2012 logo really as hideous as people make out? Some furious protesters have already launched an online petition against it. And there are some really critical comments on Iain's post about it, though I must admit that rabbits did...
Celebrity endorsement doesn’t always work
You need to be more than a celebrity with a pretty face and nice figure to get a serious message across. The government sponsored national Recycle Now Week, with Denise Van Outen as its leading lady, has been strongly criticised for failing to deliver a message that...
How does it feel to give up the booze?
What does it feel like to give up the booze if you are addicted to it? Veronica Callanan, a recovered alcoholic, compares the early days of recovery as feeling like "flying to Barbados": Wake up! Your life is happening right now, it’s not going to start when...