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Social Media Influence 2012
I’m looking forward to attending the latest Social Media Influence 2012 conference in London on 12 June which is now in its seventh year. I remember attending a couple of their first events and was thrilled to be in the company of fellow bloggers, a rarity back then...
My slice of Raspberry Pi
Eben Upton, founder of Raspberry Pi, is much in demand for videos and media interviews these days and I was lucky enough to catch up with him this week and record a video for Business Weekly, just moments after he had finished filming with BBC Look East. The frenzy...
Abcodia seeks collaborations for breast cancer biomarkers
I didn't realise that there are currently no blood-based biomarkers approved for the screening of breast cancer. And yet worldwide, breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in women (around 23% of all cancers) and around 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with...
George Osborne’s charity blunder
I would like to introduce my successor as chair of trustees at Headway Cambridgeshire, the very affable and able James Berry who has a strong financial background which is particularly essential right now as many charities struggle to survive during the present...
How to be a successful woman writer
It's challenging enough being a working mum, juggling a million and one tasks into a packed day. But if this mum also has a burning desire to write a book, how can she manage to fit that into the day too? This was one of the questions frequently asked at Cambridge...
The other Sinclair inventor
I met up with Iain Sinclair recently after several years and told him about my love of innovations. Quick as a flash, he reached in his packet and brought out his latest creation, a sleek flat pack folding knife called CardSharp. Iain is the younger brother of Sir...
Special educational needs – the way forward
I would like to introduce you to one of the exceptional speakers at the SEN conference, Towards a Positive Future. She is Tania Tirraoro, a journalist and author who runs the website Special Needs Jungle and is a mother of two sons with autism. She will talk about how...
The Titanic, heroism and feminism
I do confess I would loved to have joined passengers on a commemorative journey to mark the 1ooth anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, a tragic story that continues to fascinate us all. I listened to a programme about it on Radio 4 at the weekend which included...
Yorkshire’s drought stricken Strid
Cambridge Rambling Club given a fascinating geology lesson during our recent fabulous walking weekend in Yorkshire by our walk leader David Peel, a retired glaciologist, who highlighted the impact the drought was having at a well known visitors' spot called The Strid....