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A walk around Barrington
Today I put on my walking boots for my first trek this year to join doughty members of Cambridge Rambling Club. We met in Barrington, a village south of Cambridge where I used to once rent a cottage on its picturesque village green. It's so gorgeous that it is the...
An evening with John Gummer and climate change
I was curious to discover what John Gummer had been doing since stepping down as a Conservative MP at the last general election to champion climate change. So I was only too happy to accept an invitation to hear him speak to Cambridge university students and city...
David Cameron meets charity leaders
I am delighted to learn that Headway UK was one of 13 charities invited to meet David Cameron and key Cabinet members to discuss the transformation of public services. Charities play a vital role in delivering crucial services not met by government, such as Headway,...
The dangers of a one man brand
I am a huge Apple fan and desperately sad to learn that its CEO Steve Jobs is unwell again and being treated for neuroendocrine cancer. He has been widely credited with transforming Apple from a failing company in the 1990s to the very desirable and hugely successful...
The Soil Association and Carter-Ruck
Receiving a letter threatening libel from Carter-Ruck is fairly certain to send shivers down your spine. They are said to have sent such a letter to the Soil Association, the organic farmers' group, after it objected to a planning application from its client to build...
Will you donate your excess body fat to the Klaxon Institute?
Those of us who would like to shed few pounds can donate our unwanted flab to the Klaxon Institute in Harley Street where a revolutionary reverse liposuction technique has been devised to help save the world's starving people in the third world by injecting it into...
The Court of Protection Deputies
One of my blog posts which still attracts huge interest was about the Court of Protection. Many people have posted comments describing their terrible experiences, but I wondered if it was all bad, if there were some helpful deputies appointed by the court to help...
Bankers and those bonuses
I admit I am not a financial expert, but what puzzles me about bankers is why they are very well paid to do a job and rewarded with a huge bonus on top of it, sometimes several million pounds. Is it too simplistic to expect them to enjoy their work in which they...
Blood money for England’s Hepatitis C and HIV victims
It's too late for some, for those trusting patients who died after being infected by contaminated haemophilia blood products from the NHS during blood transfusions in the 1970s and 80s. But at least some justice is finally being seen to be done. Even if victims and...