My P & O recipe for Pina Colada Soup

My P & O recipe for Pina Colada Soup

I promise you it tastes better than it looks! I couldn’t resist ordering pina colada soup during my P & O cruise this summer. I loved its creamy coconut flavour with an added kick from the Malibu. It was gorgeous, and I asked our head waiter for the recipe....
Iain Dale and Sir Edgar Speyer

Iain Dale and Sir Edgar Speyer

Despite having troubles of his own, Iain Dale has written a glowing review of a fascinating book written about the life of Sir Edgar Speyer who had strong Norfolk links and political connections. I knew that Prof Tony Lentin’s excellent book, Banker Traitor...
Hyperbaric oxygen and chronic osteomyelitis

Hyperbaric oxygen and chronic osteomyelitis

My son David is almost half way through his latest treatment to cure the chronic osteomyelitis which has plagued his young life for almost ten years; it is a last resort really, and we are pinning all our hopes that hyperbaric oxygen therapy will work. David suffers...
ROCA and ovarian cancer screening

ROCA and ovarian cancer screening

Congratulations to Abcodia, the biomarker validation company I work with, which has been granted world-wide exclusive license for ROCA, a test which has the potential to be a major breakthrough for the early diagnosis of ovarian cancer. ROCA, which stands for the Risk...
Wisbech’s illegimate princess, Jane Stuart

Wisbech’s illegimate princess, Jane Stuart

This is the riveting story of how Jane Stuart, an illegitimate daughter of King James 11 the last Roman Catholic to rein over Britain, came to live in a cellar in Wisbech, selling thread on the market place. It would surely make a best seller for Hilary Mantel or...