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John Bird, The Big Issue and adoptions
This post has been written by Francesca Polini, an advocate for adoption reforms in the UK, and published on her blog. I found it so interesting that I have re-published it here. Last week I was invited to the launch of the Parliamentary Friends of The Big Issue. The...
Abcodia’s pancreatic cancer collaboration
Pancreatic cancer robbed Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze of his life while in his prime, and has struck Apple's Steve Jobs and our sensational soulful singer Aretha Franklin. Unbelievably, the survival rate has not improved in 30 years due to its late diagnosis....
My blog reunites “missing” man with family
I am delighted to say that a post I wrote about Gary Spencer listed as "missing" in Thailand has a happy ending - the story was picked up by the media on the Isle of Wight where his family live and he plans to fly home in a couple of weeks. Gary turned to me for help...
Monitoring MPs – making politics social
If you want track the livestream social media activity of MPs, then the new website YatterBox will be perfect for you. It has just been launched by York University graduates and their unique site tracks all MPs' social media: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Flickr,...
The Co-operative revolution – rebranded
I had no idea that the Co-operative group had such a strong social conscience and forged so many varied community links until I researched this post to promote their rebranding, The co-operative good for everyone. Pitching themselves as an organisation proudly formed...
Elizabeth Taylor and adoption
My elder brother has urged me to write a post about Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor who died last week as he admired her greatly. But what can be said that hasn't already been written? I recalled that she had an adopted daughter Maria and thought this would be an...
Grantchester Meadows without the crowds
Lode EveryTrail - Find trail maps for California and beyond I enjoyed a leisurely stroll along a picturesque Cambridgeshire riverbank in the vicinity of Lode and Bottisham this afternoon with a friend who has recently returned from a year or so in Australia where she...
The Rolling Stones gig in Wisbech
First there was the BBC's Evan Davis knocking Wisbech people in his programme about migrant workers, and now Keith Richards makes them out to have been straw-brained Worzel Gummidges back in the 1960s. I bought my husband a copy of Keith Richards' autobiography "Life"...
Do we need a new House of Commons Chamber?
There are 649 MPs , yet only room for 427 MPs to sit in the House of Commons Chamber. On television we often see them standing during popular sessions, like the Budget and PMQs. It's not an ideal working arrangement, and I wonder what can be done to accommodate...