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The Welney Swan Feed
I count myself lucky to have the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Welney right on my doorstep, and paid my regular visit to their swan feed this week, one of the highlights of my winter. It was sad to see a couple of dead swans trapped in the ice. A warden informed my...
In tribute to Pete Postlethwaite
I was saddened to hear of the unexpected death of Pete Postlethwaite, one of our finest British actors, and a favourite of mine who I was lucky enough to see in his one man show, Scaramouche Jones, at the Arts Theatre, Cambridge, a few years ago. He was only 64 and...
Do I suit blonde?
Here I am dressed to the nines as Kitty Killer for a New Year's Eve murder mystery dinner party. Do I suit blonde? I felt very femme fatale, and it was great fun to have a whole new look for an evening which made me feel very vampish. I was not the killer, btw, but a...
Honours, disappointments and a New Year
Congratulations to Labour MP Anne Begg who is to be made a dame in the New Year honour's list. She has been rewarded for her services to the disabled and her work on equal opportunities; she was vice-chair of the rarely held Speaker's Conference which made...
11 Social Media Trends for 2011
I agree with all the predicted trends forecast in this article about the 10 social media trends for 2011 which I share with readers here. However, I have added another to make it 11 trends to include the use of mobile barcodes derived from QR codes, which are used via...
The greed of London Underground drivers
How greedy can you get. London Underground train drivers are on strike today because they want triple pay and a day off in lieu for working on Boxing Day. Aslef members chose to strike today to deliberately disrupt Boxing Day outings in the city, to maximise misery...
Remembering the families of missing people
We all share the desperate anguish and heartache of the family of architect Joanna Yeates who vanished on 17 December after buying a pizza from Tesco in Bristol.  Police yesterday found the body of a woman near a golf course in Bristol and the circumstances of her...
Families and Christmas
I can't imagine a Christmas without family. It's become a ritual that we spend Christmas Day with my sister in my home town of Wisbech and everyone visits me on Boxing Day. We try to gather as many of the family together as possible. But it's each to their own as I...
Blogging and Iain Dale
I was stunned to learn recently that Iain Dale, who I regard as one of the best bloggers in the UK, is giving it up, but I can understand his reasons totally: The truth is, I no longer enjoy blogging and I think that this has been evident for a few months now to my...