A day of festive fun – and work

A day of festive fun – and work

I have one humdinger of a day. Firstly, I shall be wearing my Headway hat today as I join its Cambridgeshire members as a helper in my role as trustee on their annual panto trip to The Arts Theatre, Cambridge to see Cinderella. Headway is particularly thrilled and...
Who is Zineta, my new mystery friend?

Who is Zineta, my new mystery friend?

As I sit in my digitally equipped office and listen to the village  school children singing their Christmas carols outside, a cosy fire roaring in the room next door, I pause to think about my new friend Zineta, and the kind of life she is having in Bosnia....
Do our kids have the same hunger to succeed?

Do our kids have the same hunger to succeed?

Three times in the last hour I have walked into my son David’s bedroom where he was supposed to be deeply engrossed in his studies only to find him feverishly excited about a computer game. This is not an isolated incident, it is a very common occurrence. He...
Hi Mike (oops Ian). And my name is not Ethel!

Hi Mike (oops Ian). And my name is not Ethel!

I wondered why Mike walked silently by when I spoke to him at a Christmas bash last week – I called out the wrong name, I should have said Ian! I’m normally good with names, unlike Bryan Appleyard, who becomes readily fixated by ties, agonised expressions,...
The undead – Cambridge Kate’s story

The undead – Cambridge Kate’s story

This is Kate’s tragic story, she is one of our members of Headway Cambridgeshire, the charity which I support as a trustee and their press officer. It has been featured in The Sunday Times and highlights the incredible difficulties and decisions surrounding...
Hoping David will get the all clear today

Hoping David will get the all clear today

David and I are heading for Great Ormond Street Hospital again today and I am confident he will finally be discharged following a very painful four years of suffering from chronic osteomyelitis. David’s difficulty was that he was not a text book case and it...