The BBC and BNP

The BBC and BNP

After spending a couple of hours in Cambridge this evening with the Guardian’s political cartoonist Steve Bell, I shall head home and be glued to the BBC watching BNP’s Nick Griffin on Question Time. We might find him and his party’s views vile and grossly...
Mind readers and neuromarketing

Mind readers and neuromarketing

The excellent Eureka science magazine published by The Times includes a fascinating report about some very interesting research projects which scientists are working on and could change the world. They include reducing the time that radioactive waste from nuclear...

Supermarket values and cheap booze

I was very disappointed to see a full page advertisement in the national press today by Tesco promoting 1 litre of spirits for £10 – a whopping 75% reduction; this is even cheaper than duty free prices from what I remember over the summer. If highly profitable...
I am guilty too!

I am guilty too!

I’m waiting for my arrest because I also had a regular free child care swap with a friend during our toddlers’ nursery school days. Apparently, this kind of adult consensual arrangement is in breach of the Childcare Act because it lasted more than two hours and...
Having the courage to die

Having the courage to die

I wouldn’t want to end my life as a vegetable and am now able to make legal arrangements to spare myself – and loved ones – this kind of suffering. I hope I will never find myself in the situation of becoming involved in an assisted suicide. But I’m relieved...
Life goes on in murder house

Life goes on in murder house

Once again my Cambridgeshire village finds itself in the media spotlight following the 33-year sentencing of Rekha Kumari-Baker for murdering her two daughters to “wreak havoc” upon her former husband, David Baker. I have just walked by the murder house round the...