Gay weddings and Bulgarian holiday homes

Posted by on Jul 5, 2006 in updates | 4 comments I’ve had an exhausting day extolling the benefits of blogging to the cream of East Anglia’s businesswomen. Everywoman staged a motivational conference in Peterborough and everyone ended up buzzing with enthusiasm, particularly following the dynamic and energetic presentation on leadership by Dallas McDonald, who had many of us joining her on the stage, including me, imparting various...
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Tune in to Tory Radio

Posted by on Jul 5, 2006 in updates | 0 comments If you haven’t done so yet, I really recommend you tune into Tory Radio’s interview with Conservative Chairman Francis Maude. It was great to hear him mention plans to revitalise their campaigns in the North, with Yorkshire now being a subject close to my heart. Julian will be pleased too, as long as they are not just empty words. I was also very impressed to hear that his mother was...
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Thanks Croydonian

Posted by on Jul 4, 2006 in updates | 5 comments Many thanks to Croydonian for recommending my name to dmoz - the largest human-edited directory of the web. It was a total surprise and I read about it on his site today. He posted it yesterday (my birthday) hence my comment thanking him for a truly unique present. William puts such a lot of hard work into his site, writing several posts a day, and I am gradually getting to know a little about...
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Hope to get the all clear today

Posted by on Jul 4, 2006 in updates | 5 comments David outside GOS prior to an op last year I am taking my son David to Great Ormond Street today and we hope to get the all clear as he is so much better. He has been in the most excuciating and agonising pain and his chronic oseteomyelitis was difficult for consultants at Addenbrooke’s to diagnose, they repeatedly asked if he was happy at school. This was despite visible signs of...
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Congratulations Julian Sturdy

Posted by on Jul 3, 2006 in updates | 5 comments Julian Sturdy Many congratulations to Julian Sturdy on being selected the Conservative candidate to contest the new York Outer parliamentary seat. It was a particularly great achievement as he was chosen in preference to two A-list candidates, Kevin Hollinrake and Julie Moody who, like Julian, are locals. Julian believes he had the edge because of his policital experience – he stood...
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Don’t sound like a politician if you want to win

Posted by on Jul 3, 2006 in updates | 2 comments Senator John Edwards US Senator John Edwards has this advice about winning a future election in an age of informality – don’t sound like a politician, at least in the USA. Neville Hobson believes that many politicians over here might share the same view, but wouldn’t admit to it publicly. This is his extract from Edwards: “The problem is that we’re so trained and so...
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Disaster waiting to happen – the HIPs

Posted by on Jul 3, 2006 in updates | 1 comment Moving house is already one of the most stressful experiences anyone can have, but be warned, this time next year it will be considerably worse! A new law is due to be implemented from June 2007, the new Home Information Packs, which experts have warned will hit jobs, reduce consumer spending and undermine the economy. Michael Gove has urged the Chancellor to intervene and force the Government to...
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What gravitas does a UK blogger have?

Posted by on Jul 2, 2006 in updates | 8 comments As a journalist, I can pick up the phone and speak to virtually anyone I want, or at the very least get a comment from their spokesperson for a story. It gives you instant access. I wanted to test if I had the same gravitas as a blogger – and found out, yes, with a little persistance, I do. I was cooling off in the house from the heatwave and began researching some background info for my...
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My son’s Prom

Posted by on Jul 1, 2006 in updates | 7 comments David, Laura and Jodie The environmentally friendly way of arriving Shortly after we married, my husband was told by his consultant that he may have a medical problem which would make it impossible for us to conceive. But hey presto, our son David came along and was very much a honeymoon baby. So here is is now aged 15, done up to the nines for his school Prom with his date, the lovely Laura in...
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