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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...
Osamin bin Laden is dead – what next?
We have woken to the momentous news that Osamin bin Laden is dead, the murdering leader of Al-Qaeda responsible for the terrorist attacks in America - and against the world - with the September 11 attacks. He was shot dead overnight by special American forces at his...
The most stylish guest at the royal wedding – Miriam Clegg
Hats off to Miriam Clegg, Nick Clegg's Spanish lawyer wife, (or Miriam González Durántez - as she prefers to be called), who I thought was the most stylish guest at today's royal wedding - after the beautiful bride, of course. Miriam normally looks quite frumpish,...
Congratulations to Prince William and Kate
I'm heading off to Shakespeare Country soon to watch the royal wedding with friends - wouldn't our famous playwright have composed the most wonderful sonnet for them! It's clear for all to see how radiantly happy Prince William and Kate are, they seem like equals in...