by Ellee Seymour | Nov 11, 2010 | Blog, News
Sir Clive Sinclair has designed a new electric vehicle following his C5 battery model which flopped after it was launched in 1985. It had a top speed of 15 miles per hour and was intended to transform the way people travelled, but ended up losing its inventor £6...
by Ellee Seymour | Nov 10, 2010 | News
Defeated Lib Dem MP Lembit Opik is joined by a host of oddballs in the latest screening of “I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!”. I’m not sure why actor Nigel Havers is included as I considered him quite sane. I can only suspect that...
by Ellee Seymour | Nov 9, 2010 | News
If you have a spare bedroom or two, would you use it to bring in extra income and run a bed and breakfast? This article in Lady magazine describes what happens when one couple decide to do just his – and they even boast their own “boutique piglets”,...
by Ellee Seymour | Nov 1, 2010 | News
This is the most bizarre and eccentric creation I have ever seen. Yet it is pure genius. Known as the “Seed Cathedral” – or the “Dandelion” for its radiating sprays of rods – this space-age flower power building has won the top...
by Ellee Seymour | Oct 31, 2010 | News
The Queen has asked young Blue Peter viewers to design the official logo for her diamond jubilee in 2012. It’s a canny way of engaging with today’s young people who may not have strong royalist views. And it made me think of my husband’s Blue Peter...
by Ellee Seymour | Oct 30, 2010 | News, university
They say it’s not what you know, but who you know, and never has this been more essential than now for our troubled universities facing huge uncertainties over future funding. It means they actively need the support of any influential and glittering alumni...
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