Greetings from North Norfolk I'm packing my bags and heading off to North Norfolk for a long week of R & R. Burnham Market, dubbed Chelsea-on-Sea, will be positively heaving tonight for its jazz festival with international stars Ian Shaw and Claire Martin. I'm...

What's the most you've ever been charged for A4 photocopying? Does £11.45 seem pretty steep to you? And I know local councillors are busy bees, often juggling different roles, but how many laptops do they need to exercise their civic duties efficiently? Up to three,...

Bloggers worldwide have united behind La Petite Anglaise It helps that she's blonde and pretty, female too. But I do wonder if Catherine Sanderson's unjust demise would have attracted the same worldwide interest had she been male. In fact, I doubt very much that any...

It's not just asylum seekers the Home Office can't keep track of, it also does not know many criminals have slipped through the net after cuting off their electronic tags. The Home Office has shame-facedly admitted that figures recording this crucial statistic are not...

There is no greater honour than having your work appreciated by your peers. So thanks again to Iain for my second plug on his Channel 4 podcast. My post about Prezza was read out in full on air, which was quite a thrill. And PR lecturer Richard Bailey has been musing...

And if we need further proof that Tory women are on the up, Michael Brown waxes lyrical about their rapid ascent in today's Indy, pointed out to me by the vibrant Anne Jenkin, who says it is spot on. Brown prophetically describes how women are making the difference...

Looking good, Women2Win A random email to Sue Joyson opened up a whole new world for her of savvy women determined to succeed in politics; they are Tory women, Women2Win. In the past she voted Lib Dem and Labour and she is a union member, but she was welcomed with...