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Music is the food of love for Marina
I love a romantic story, see if you can beat this. The divine opera singer Marina Poplavskaya, a stunning Russian doll with the voice of an angel, is instantly swept off her feet after being crushed in the arms of the internationally...
FoI climbdown by government
I was over the moon to learn that the government has in effect climbed down over plans which could have seriously restricted the Freedom of Information Act. Access to information from our government and local authorities is core to our...
The end of a blogging day
It's been a long, but stimulating day, and I shall feel guilty if I don't write up on the Blogging4 Business conference as others who went have already produced live blogging reports, like Rob Andrews, Guillaume du Gardier, Lloyd Davies and Robin Hamman. I always...
Blogging calls…
I have an excellent day in store tomorrow at this Blogging4Business conference in London. I shall look forward to meeting ace bloggers Antony Mayfield and Euan Semple, as well as many other excellent speakers. I went along last year and much...
Penny for her thoughts
Interesting body language here, with Barack Obama appearing relaxed and in control, staring directly at Hillary Clinton who averts her full gaze and seems edgy. Or is she the one in control and he is trying to win her approval? What does this...
French justice and La Petite Anglaise
I remember the shockwaves that went through blogosphere when La Petite Anglaise was fired by her Paris-based accountancy firm for writing her blog at work. Sacré bleu, how many other bloggers would be sacked for doing the same thing? However, French...
Iran’s muddy waters
While the fate of our captives in Iran remains uncertain among conflicting reports about where they were picked up, a local newspaper has tracked down former Suffolk MP Sir Eldon Griffiths to his home in Orange County, California for his advice. He is an expert...
These boots were made for walking ….
It's time to put my walking boots on again and have a change of scenery from the flat Fenland landscape, so I'm heading for the lush Forest of Dean. I'm off with the Ramblers again for a loooooong weekend, only this time I will be able to rest my aching...
Former gangster Ronnie Knight retires to Cambridge
I wonder how many pensioners have knocked on their new neighbour's door to borrow a cup of sugar. Ronnie Knight, now 73, the former East End gangster once married to Barbara Windsor, has moved into a very modest one-bed pensioners' housing block in Cambridge where he...