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My daily treat sadly comes to an end
I don't have many luxuries in life, regular treats that I look forward to. Except one, which is my delivery each morning of four daily newspapers, plus an evening one too. Now, thanks to the unreasonable bureaucratic demands placed on my local newsagent, this is to...
Married to blogsphere
Better to warn her in advance. Sadly, too late for my husband...... Brilliant cartoon from the creative genius of Hugh Macleod, of gapingvoid Thanks to Geoff, who brought this to my attention on his snowboarding trip to the French Alps.
Calling all dynamic Conservatives
I have been asked to give this competition a plug. Fame and fortune (hopefully), as well as a much coveteted award fromConservativeHome.com, are up for grabs for anyone with inspiring ideas on promoting the Conservative cause. Editor Tim Montomery has launched the...
Ellee and Geoff hit the headlines
The Cambridge Evening News business supplement has today published a story I wrote about business and blogging. It describes how I became hooked after meeting Geoff and how we have team up together as consultants. The Biz News Editor Jenny Chapman readily agreed to my...
The Irish way of handling death, by Slugger O’Toole
It seems embalming in the EU is at risk as the EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas considers withdrawing an embalming chemical, according to The Times today. It was great reading about this on the EU Referendum blogspot and coming across Slugger O'Toole's...
I met two guys called Richard Bailey in blogsphere
I love the way that links can lead you to so much interesting information - and people. Yesterday I was checking out some Conservative leads and came across Richard Bailey who, like me, cares passionately about environmental issues. He is also a former Conservative...
Palestinian threatens to cut off Bush’s manhood – Boris beware!
Just checked out The Greek Goddess' blog and noticed she has splashed with this story about a Palestinian who threatened to cut off President George Bush's manhood. Ouch! Oooooo! Aaaaaah! Arafat Nijmeh, a mental patient, told federal agents he did not believe it was...
In memory of David Breeden
I always remember him wearing his blue suede shoes on Christmas Day when we met up for drinks. He often wore a red woolly hat too, though not at the same time. David was a brilliant portrait photographer, unbelievably patient with kids who blinked and fidgeted, but he...
I met Ross Clark last night
Former Cambridge Evening News colleague John Gaskell, later a Daily Telegraph scribe, as well as an amusing wit and generous party host, had mentioned to me that Ross Clark lived a stone's throw from my home. Whenever I visit the ancient kingdom of Reach, the village...