by Ellee Seymour | Sep 3, 2013 | Blog, PR client
When Marin Alsop sensationally lifts her baton on the last night of the Proms this Saturday, making history as its first woman conductor, I wonder if she will spare a thought for Sir Edgar Speyer, a great British benefactor who saved the Proms from bankruptcy –...
by Ellee Seymour | Sep 3, 2013 | Blog
While it is tragic to think that today, 19 women in the UK will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer, they could be considered the lucky ones as this deadly disease can be easily misdiagnosed when women complain of bloating and abdominal pain. I hope that their cancer was...
by Ellee Seymour | Aug 1, 2013 | Blog
I have reprinted Jackie Ashley’s excellent report on caring for her husband Andrew Marr following his stroke. I saw Jackie at Cambridge Wordfest earlier this year and asked how Andrew was, and she replied that he was doing well and getting lots of physio. As...
by Ellee Seymour | Jul 23, 2013 | Blog
I am very much looking forward to seeing the film Codebreaker when it is released, describing the brilliant talent and shameful treatment of Alan Turning. A postcard of Turing’s sculptured slate image taken from his statue which has pride of place at Bletchley...
by Ellee Seymour | Jul 10, 2013 | Blog
Have you ever heard of Sir Edgar Speyer? The chances are that unless you have stayed at his former sprawling home on the North Norfolk coast where his story and sad demise is displayed in the lobby – now the splendid Sea Marge Hotel where I first heard of him...
by Ellee Seymour | Jul 8, 2013 | Blog
Six billion euros is up for grabs for NOGs from the European Commission to spend on health projects – but they must apply within the next six months before the time limit on this fund runs out. Petru Luhan MEP has urged health NGOs to apply for a share of this...
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