Mike Lynch cancels Cambridge lecture

Mike Lynch cancels Cambridge lecture

I had been hoping to meet Dr Mike Lynch tomorrow evening at an innovation lecture in Cambridge, our local technology hero blazing a trail for Silicon Fen with his astonishingly successful software company Autonomy which was sold to Hewlett Packard in 2011 with his...
Cambridge ideas change the world …

Cambridge ideas change the world …

I love the simple Cambridge Network strapline which states, “Cambridge ideas change the world”. Thanks to the cluster of innovative technology and biomedical companies based in and around the university city, and the brilliant minds behind many of them,...
How many MPs divorce due to work?

How many MPs divorce due to work?

About four years ago I was researching the working life of women MPs and asked if data was available about marriage breakdowns resulting from their incredible workload and long hours. I wanted to know if these figures existed for both men and women MPs and was told it...
Victims of UK contaminated blood scandal speak out

Victims of UK contaminated blood scandal speak out

This is a follow up to my previous post about contaminated blood.  Let’s hope someone in government is listening. Patients whose lives were devastated after being treated with contaminated NHS blood have urged the government to consider their suffering over the...