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Francesca’s Mexican Takeaway
If you are looking for a good read over the Bank holiday weekend, then I highly recommend Francesca Polini's riveting read, Mexican Takeaway. When Francesca and her husband Rick travelled to Mexico, their mission was completely different to that of other tourists,...
First-past-the-post and AV
My 18-year-old son gets to vote for the first time next month on how our future MPs should be elected. This Conservative Party video - which supports retaining the present first-past-the-post system - uses the analogy of an AV sports day to demonstrate what can happen...
Tim Hetherington’s legacy and St Bride’s Church
If you find yourself in the shadows of St Paul's Cathedral with a few moments to spare, please stroll down Fleet Street and visit St Bride's Church. This is where you will find a memorial reminding us about journalists and photographers who are killed while bringing...
The magic of a bluebell wood
Bluebells at Waresley and Gransden Wood, Bedfordshire EveryTrail - Find the best hikes in California and beyond It's hard to beat the magic of a bluebell wood on a gorgeous spring day with the sun's rays shining on them like a laser beam. You can catch sight of them...
The Times and its terrific adoption campaign
I would like to commend The Times for the terrific adoption campaign it is running this week. Ask any child if he wants to spend his childhood in an institution or a loving, stable home - and I think you can guess the answer. Just like troubled Maisie who was featured...
Cambridge Wordfest and advice for would-be authors
With publishers still adapting to the uncertainties of promoting authors in the digital era amid increased demand for ebooks (the huge sale of Kindle readers over Xmas took them by surprise), it is reassuring to know that there is no shortage of budding authors...
National Theatre ignores pleas of murdered prostitute’s mother
A play about how the Ipswich community responded to the murder of five prostitutes gets its world premiere at the National Theatre on Thursday. While many Suffolk folk whose lives have been interwoven into the storyline of London Road, may be audience, the families of...
How does it feel to be an adoptive parent?
I was really moved by last night's BBC 2 documentary featuring traumatised Maisie, who at 8 years-old had two failed adoptions behind her and was desperate to belong to a family. At first I thought the programme was too intrusive as therapists probed and opened up...
My new iPad 2
It is quite by fluke that I am the delighted owner of an iPad 2. In fact, I have owned two in the last few days. I originally ordered one online as the Cambridge Apple store had sold out when I called in to buy one 48 hours after they were launched in the UK. I had...