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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...
An evening with Hermann Hauser
There is always a world leading expert one can catch up with in Silicon Fen with its creative cluster of scientific, medical and technological inventors. And as it's been a long time since I caught up with Hermann Hauser, I didn't need much persuasion to sign up for...
The randomness of death
I have had a stark reminder that we are mere mortals following some sudden recent deaths, the latest being a blogging friend Maalie, Dr Jim Fowler, a true adventurer and free spirited soul. I was shocked and saddened to learn today that Jim died of a heart attack...
Support for our armed forces
I was at a concert last night supporting pa-in-law who, at 84, still plays percussion with Huntingdonshire Concert Band. They shared the stage with the rousing Royal Artillery Band, and proceeds from the evening went to SSAFA, whose local stalwart volunteer Judith...