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My mention in The Tribune magazine
I feel greatly privileged to get a mention on Iain's list of top Tory bloggers, being ranked 9th out of 20th. This is amazing considering I only started blogging four months ago afer meeting up with Geoff in Cambridge one night. The list, as well as bloggers Iain...
My proud mum bit
Award winning James with his football manager If it hadn't been for the World Cup, I wouldn't have been posting about my sports mad son's achievements over the last couple of days. But as footie is a hot topic at the moment, here goes. James, 13, is a very modest lad,...
Kate joins world wide knitters today
Kate knits away in Cambridge today Kate promised me that she would position herself in a public place today and get knitting for World Wide Knit In Public Day. And she kept her word. Although a solitary figure, she was joined in spirit by hundreds of others around the...
Last Tango comes to Cambridgeshire
Last Tango comes to Cambridgeshire If there was any need to prove that sex sells tickets, then our village play did that last night. The parish room was packed to capacity for Stretham Players' hilarious rendition of Last Tango in Little Grimley, based around an...
Fenland abounds with Latin lovers
Ancient Rome inspires council staff to learn Latin Brainy council workers in Fenland are spending their lunch hour swotting up on Latin. Instead of feeding the ducks or heading for the pub, staff from IT, accounts and customer services are getting to grips with this...
Nigel Farage is a coward, says EU Commissioner
Margot is fed up with Nigel Farage I have just checked out Margot Wallstrom's savvy blog, the EU's Commissioner for Communications, and was very amused by her description of Nigel Farage as "a coward". It seems she has reached the end of her tether as far as he is...
Do we need an obesity conference to spell out common sense?
This woman died aged 34 as a result of her obesity Why have we become obsessed with obesity? Fat people know what healthy foods they should eat, that they should exercise more, they do not need educating about it. They simply lack the motivation and their cravings are...
6/6/6/ – and 6 months of Cameron’s leadership
I love the mystique surrounding numbers, and will be disappointed if today's 6/6/6 does not unfold something special. I do not believe they represent doom and gloom, on the contrary, they are lovely even numbers, it's a beautiful sunny day - and things can only get...
Should MPs accept free World Cup tickets?
2002 World Cup winners Brazil If you were offered a free ticket to the World Cup, would you accept it? Especially if it was for England's opening game in Germany. The chances are you would. It seems MP Dr Ian Gibson refused his invite from one of the sponsors, junk...