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Zeus, assisted suicide and the 2,000 year old olive tree
I wonder if this is the first known case of assisted suicide, according to Zeus and Greek mythology, which was told to me by our tour guide Vera on the Greek island of Zakinthos during my recent holiday. You can also hear Panayiotis playing his pipes under the bough...
Britain gets hammered over EU rebate
My MEP Robert Sturdy has today condemned the Labour government for selling out the UK taxpayer by agreeing to a massive increase of almost 60% in Britain's financial contribution to the EU. He believes that a Conservative government would never have given away a large...
Financing the third sector
I’ve just signed up for two conferences about financing the third sector – particularly of interest to me because of my work with Headway Cambridgeshire. The first on 17 September is being hosted by Futurebuilders England and speakers include Francis Maude,...
Being the Soham Psychic
I can now tell you about the book I have been working on over the last year. A copy has just arrived on my doormat, which is a totally thrilling experience. And it is on a topic which is totally different to my normal line of work. Do you believe in psychics? When I...
My holiday highlights
We have just returned bronzed and refreshed from our cruise around the Med which we shared with 3,000 plus passengers on P & O’s amazing new flagship, The Venturer. It was so vast that I only mastered my way around its countless corridors – all beige and...
Sailing off into the sunset ….
Like David Cameron, I have packed a selection of light reading (though not trashy!), for my holiday which starts tomorrow. It includes the works of two new authors for me, Justin Cartwright and A. L. Kennedy, as well as The Great Lover, by Jill Dawson – a novel...
Please vote for your favourite political blog
Which political blog is your favourite? You only have until midnight on Friday to register your votes for the 2009 Blog Poll organised by Iain Dale for the TOTAL POLITICS GUIDE TO POLITICAL BLOGGING IN THE UK. As usual, it will be published in mid September in...
Parliamentary support for Headway
Headway Cambridgeshire this week welcomed Cambridge MP David Howarth for a visit and he was very impressed after learning about plans to develop and expand our services for brain injury survivors in the county. As chair of trustees, I explained how we...
The cost of being a political underdog
I can’t help but feel sorry for Craig Murray, though I think he is being too harsh on himself by saying he is “probably the worst political candidate in history†following his experience in Norwich North. The Honest candidate who is a human rights activist,...