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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...
The end of a football era
As the mother of two sports mad sons, I have spent hours over the years driving them to football matches, cheering them from the touchline come rain or shine, nursing their injuries and ferrying them off to A & E for an X-ray, empathising when a ref's decision...
My letter to David Cameron
Dear Prime Minister, I am delighted to learn that you have asked the Met police to investigate the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, and I believe they should have been involved much earlier in this investigation. When someone goes missing in a foreign country, the...
Missing people, memories and regrets
Kate McCann has had extensive media coverage this week following the publication of her book to mark the 8th birthday of her lovely daughter Madeleine, who was cruelly snatched from her holiday apartment in Portugal four years ago. She talks of her regrets and how she...
My new cycle helmet
I bought a cycle helmet today. I rarely cycle at the moment as most of the roads where I live are very busy trunk roads and do not appeal. But I would like to pedal around my Cambridgeshire villages and explore the country lanes, and will certainly feel safer doing...
Apple and Mobile Me
I subscribe to Apple's Mobile Me to synchronize my iMac with my iPhone and iPad and every now and again there are a few glitches in trying to access emails. However, a couple of days ago this service was a nightmare and it was impossible to download emails. I was...
Health, technology and social responsibility
Julie Barnes talks passionately about our individual responsibility in supporting the adoption of genomic and molecular medicine and advanced IT for the assessment of disease risk, development of new ways to better diagnose many of the major debilitating illnesses...