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Universities and alcohol
At the risk of sounding a killjoy, I totally support a suggestion by the UK's accident and emergency doctors who want to end boozy Happy Hours for student freshers' weeks which kicks off shortly.The alcohol consumption levels are worse for students who want to join a...
Congratulations to East Anglia’s Business Hub
I would like to congratulate Mark Peters and Ian McKendrick, presenters of the popular weekly Sunday morning business radio show, for its network launch today throughout East Anglia. The Business Hub only started a few months ago covering Cambridge and Ely, but is now...
Writing a personal statement for university
I went to a parents' meeting at my youngest son's school last night to advise us about his university application which has to be submitted soon. Yes, how did the years fly by so quickly!This presumably hadn't been a problem for my eldest son as he was offered a place...
Gavin Henson needs to see sense
Gavin Henson, the Welsh rugby international player who became a household name as the boyfriend of singer Charlotte Church, tells us in a newspaper interview that he wants to quit his club for "compassionate reasons, and the mental state of my mind" following...
From Journalism to PR
There's an interesting article in the latest PR Week about increasing numbers of journalists switching to PR as newspapers close up and down the country and they succumb to the temptation to earn much more money from leading agencies. When I first made this...
Blending iPhones and the Business Hub
I've become a big fan of the Business Hub, a unique weekly radio show broadcast for businesses in the Cambridge and Ely area which has amassed an impressive following of loyal listeners. From this weekend the show is being extended throughout East Anglia, and the...
Our wartime heroes at RAF Tempsford and Bletchley Park
I walked along an airfield runway yesterday once used by planes carrying our bravest wartime agents, including Violette Szabo, immortalised in the film Carve Her Name With Pride. I was with the Cambridge Rambling Club and our route passed a barn in the middle of a...
Should we have part-time MPs?
Should we have part-time MPs to encourage more women parliamentarians? It is not the first time I have heard this suggestion, and it was one of the ideas given in evidence at the latest Speaker's Conference which considered how to modernise and attract more diverse...
Is there news of the Chandlers, kidnapped by Somalian pirates?
Next month will mark the first anniversary of the kidnap of British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler by ruthless Somalian pirates. Repeated ransom demands have been denied and negotiations have clearly stalled. The couple cannot comfort each other during their...