Have a nice, wet weekend

Have a nice, wet weekend

Although I dislike swearing, I do like the sentiment behind Hugh’s wacky cartoon  business card,  it’s what we should all aspire to in our own way. And it’s certainly one way of being memorable. What’s the most unusual business card...
The missing – Leung Wan-wah

The missing – Leung Wan-wah

Despite the fact that my blog is banned in China, I would like to highlight the mysterious disappearance of a young Chinese girl, Leung Wan-wah. She vanished in August 1998 at the age of nine. A substantial reward of $100,000 was offered for information. Leung...
Conservative women and pensions

Conservative women and pensions

I’m kicking myself that I shall be away next month when this important pension summit is held by the Conservative Women’s Organisation. It is such an important subject, one which fills me with dread if I think about it very long. In fact,...
The missing – Sarah Benford

The missing – Sarah Benford

Police have launched a murder hunt following the disappearance of Sarah Benford, even though her body has never been discovered. Her story was also re-enacted on Crimewatch. Sarah went missing from a children’s home in Northampton in April 2000, when...

Can journalists converse online too?

Continuous rail delays and a fire on the underground, followed by a snail’s pace taxi crawl in bumper to bumper rush hour traffic, meant that I arrived breathless and late and missed half the seminar on the politics of online journalism yesterday....

The politics of online journalism

I shall be participating in a seminar later today about the changing face of journalism as social media becomes increasing popular. The seminar topic is Citizen or Consumer – the politics of online journalism, organised by POLIS, the journalism and society...