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Socia media advertising event of the year
It's billed on Facebook as the "Social Media Advertising London Event of the Year", and I plan to be there. It is being led by online marketing guru Murray Newlands, who has impressed my blogging mentor Geoff Jones, a Cambridge geek who held one of the first social...
Flatford Mill and pylons
I was impressed straight away when we set off yesterday from Manningtree Station for our walk to picturesque Flatford Mill in Constable Country as a new single storey car park has been built for commuters since I was last there two years ago, and it was virtually...
Forgiveness and Richard McCann
I met Richard McCann this evening and, like the entire audience at Cambridge's Inspired Business Group, sat mesmerised as he told us his devastating life story and described how he had overcome one major personal catastrophe after another. Being born with ginger hair...
The Hoste Arms and canoeing on the Norfolk Broads
I'm been winding down this week and enjoying some of Norfolk's stunning locations. I have very happy memories of our family summer holidays spent in Burnham Market in North Norfolk. Those years are now behind me as my independent sons now prefer to spend their...
Glorious Wicken Fen and its Nature Trail
Wicken Fen Nature Trail Plan your trips with EveryTrail Mobile Travel Guides The last time I walked around Wicken Fen a couple of weeks ago I was almost eaten alive by mosquitoes as I had forgotten to wear my Moziban, a mosquito repellent. I swear by it. I bought my...
Being the Soham Psychic – a year on
I saw a film on TV with other night about a young boy who kept seeing dead people and it reminded me about the book I was ghost writer for, Being the Soham Psychic, the life story of Dennis McKenzie.One of Dennis' earliest memories was as a homesick four-year-old boy...
Dr Kelly’s death – let’s have an inquest
Not so long ago I saw a chilling TV drama where a detective was drugged and his wrists slashed with a knife to make it appear he had committed suicide. Sometimes fact and fiction are uncannily alike. I am, of course, referring to the apparent suicide of Dr David...
University drop outs and shortage of places
I sympathise with the tens of thousands of disappointed students who are unlikely to secure a university place this year due to unprecedented demand. Like countless other anxious parents, I am hoping my youngest son will be successful in his application for next...
David Cameron should not have lost his bottle over free milk
I do not think David Cameron should have given in to the media onslaught and "milk snatcher" headlines over his Public Health Minister, Anne Milton's, annoucement to scrap free milk for the under-5s, saving the government £50 million. I would have thought it was...