Steiner school dilemma in Cambridge

Steiner school dilemma in Cambridge

With our education system failing so many of our young people, an excellent and affordable alternative is the more personal approach offered by Rudolph Steiner schools. Steiner believed that education should be designed to meet the changing needs of a child as they...
Back to the classroom for me

Back to the classroom for me

I believe strongly in lifelong learning, gaining new knowledge, so it’s back to the classroom for me. I had missed the deadline for my proposal for an Open University MPhil (I wanted to do Social Science Research), so I have signed up for the CIPR diploma, which...
The most courageous woman of the year

The most courageous woman of the year

A book and a film are certain to follow the conviction of a brutal murderer who 17 years strangled a 22-year-old woman. Twice a jury failed to convict him and the labourer was acquitted. But it was the gritty determination of the woman’s broken-hearted mother to...
What is Abramovich spending his millions on next?

What is Abramovich spending his millions on next?

Has Roman Abramovich tired of buying footballers? Or does he want to spend a few spare million on a new hobby – racehorses? I popped down the road to Tattersalls in Newmarket yesterday to watch the yearlings sell for hundreds of thousands of guineas, just loose...
Will the French conker us?

Will the French conker us?

Hard to believe, but it seems the French hope to beat us at our own game – conkers! While our nanny state is intent on banning this favourite pastime from our local schools, our European neighbours have been hammering away at it in great style. Mais oui, they...
So much to say, so little time

So much to say, so little time

We are back at Great Ormond Street Hospital today, David has just had one week of pain since our last appointment, let’s see what the tests come up with today, though his progress certainly looks promising, just very slow as he has been taking very strong...