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Are you saving for your future care home?
How many of us give a thought to saving for a care home when we become old and vulnerable? In today's cash struck society, it's tough enough keeping a job and paying everyday bills, keeping our heads above water. And, of course, we don't think we will need one while...
Was your Olympic bid successful?
Our family is one of the tens of thousands who missed out on having our bank account emptied overnight to pay for Olympic tickets. I was keen to see diving, while my husband was geared up for athletics, cycling and boxing (he thought boxing would be a dead cert as...
Grantchester Meadows on a rainy day
I wasn't going to let a little matter like the grey sky and drizzle stop me from strolling through Grantchester Meadows today. I was bursting to once again enjoy this lovely unspoilt countryside which meanders along the Cam. While the bathers may have been absent,...
Baroness Thatcher and family life
Nobody knows what goes on behind any family's closed doors. We are given a glimpse of Baroness Thatcher's family life today in this Andrew Pierce's article where he paints a distant relationship with her children, twins Carol and Mark, and little contact with her...
Seeking a new Headway CEO, and racing ahead with Hayley Turner
Headway Cambridgeshire, the charity I support for its wonderful work providing rehabilitation for adults with an acquired brain injury, is seeking a new CEO. It is a successful and thriving organisation with a dynamic business plan. We have been very fortunate in...
How the ARM chip saved Apple
I asked Hermann Hauser about Apple and the ARM chip after his fascinating lecture on the future of computing and our mobile world at a recent fundraising event in Cambridge. He was supporting Wallace Cancer Care at Addenbrooke's Hospital where his wife was one of...
Congratulations to Abcodia
Congratulations to Abcodia for securing £1 million funding. I am delighted to be promoting this new innovative company, and today we issued this press release which clearly demonstrates confidence in their ground breaking work which will make a difference to all our...
Welcome back David Campbell Bannerman
I am delighted, but not totally surprised, to learn that UKIP MEP David Campbell Bannerman has jumped ship and rejoined Conservatives. He was a very decent candidate during the Euro Elections in 2009 when I was the Conservative Eastern Region Press Officer and did not...
John Hemmings and Ryan Giggs
I must say I admire the rebelliousness of MP John Hemmings in naming Ryan Giggs in the House of Commons over his super injunction which has had Twitter in a frenzy over the last week. Protected by parliamentary privilege, the MP cannot be arrested for flouting the...