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New PR book for bloggers
A clever piece of marketing here by David Meerman Scott for his latest book The New Rules of Marketing & PR. He has mentioned in it a whole host of bloggers, including myself, and a copy is winging its way to me. In his promotion, he has linked to us all on his site,...
President of Iraq in Cambridge today
I have just heard that the President of Iraq, Jalal Talabani, visited Cambridge today. He has been speaking at the Cambridge Union Society. I asked if I could have a press pass, but was told that all names for those wishing to attend had to be submitted...
Call for lorry overtaking ban
A treacherous stretch of the A14 in Cambridgeshire has been dubbed the "road to hell", it is a regular accident blackspot. Cambridgeshire's top 18 movers and shakers are lobbying Government about it. I am thankful I don't need to use it daily. My...
Meg Matthews fights her demons
It can be easy to envy those who you think "have it all". But what you see on the outside can be just an act, their real lives could be very different to what you perceive. Veronica Callanan reflects about this on her latest post after...
Can Peter Hain reconnect Labour with voters?
I have just heard Peter Hain praise Tony Blair's 10 year leadership on one hand, then describe how Labour must now reconnect with voters and fight the Conservative resurgence on the other hand. That statement alone surely demonstrates how Labour has been dragged down...
Would you recognise this abductor?
Would you recognise the face in this sketch? It is a copy of an artist's impression used used by Portuguese police hunting the abductor of Madeleine McCann. It has been described as looking like "an egg with a side parting". It has no eyes, nose or mouth, no...
Neighbourly love, or war?
Do you get on well with your neighbours? Would you want to live next to them for 96 years? That is the extraordinary record of Alex Baker who has never left the two-up, two-down terraced house in Portsmouth where he was born. Being on bad terms with your neighbour...
Meet Sheila and her dream machine
Guest post by Sheila Rainger who I met at the auto blogging day last month. She prefers two wheels to four and rides a powerful Triumph Adventurer 900cc, she loves the "elegance" of it, and this is her story: There is a condition which affects 1...
Our booming population – what are the answers?
As China becomes increasingly wealthy, the country's nouveaux riches want to have larger families and are defying their government's "one couple, one child" family planning policy. 10% of wealthy couples and celebrities are having up to three children...