Social Media Influence 2012

Social Media Influence 2012

I’m looking forward to attending the latest Social Media Influence 2012 conference in London on 12 June which is now in its seventh year. I remember attending a couple of their first events and was thrilled to be in the company of fellow bloggers, a rarity back then...
My slice of Raspberry Pi

My slice of Raspberry Pi

Eben Upton, founder of Raspberry Pi, is much in demand for videos and media interviews these days and I was lucky enough to catch up with him this week and record a video for Business Weekly, just moments after he had finished filming with BBC Look East. The frenzy...
George Osborne’s charity blunder

George Osborne’s charity blunder

I would like to introduce my successor as chair of trustees at Headway Cambridgeshire, the very affable and able James Berry who has a strong financial background which is particularly essential right now as many charities struggle to survive during the present...
How to be a successful woman writer

How to be a successful woman writer

It’s challenging enough being a working mum, juggling a million and one tasks into a packed day. But if this mum also has a burning desire to write a book, how can she manage to fit that into the day too? This was one of the questions frequently asked at...
The other Sinclair inventor

The other Sinclair inventor

I met up with Iain Sinclair recently after several years and told him about my love of innovations. Quick as a flash, he reached in his packet and brought out his latest creation, a sleek flat pack folding knife called CardSharp. Iain is the younger brother of Sir...