Ellee Seymour

I have twice deleted a post I have written. On the first occasion, it was a personal account about a friend’s difficult relationship with his mother who happens to be a titled lady and it later caused him some embarrassment, though he was in full agreement at the time.

On the second occasion, it was because a teenage missing girl I had highlighted had been found and the young woman at the centre of the investigation requested it. I was loathe to do so, believing it was pointless as it would still be floating about in blogosphere, but my blogging mentor Geoff advised me it was the right thing to do.

I thought about this after reading Iain Dale’s account of how he accidentally pressed the "publish" button and was unable to retrieve his post 10 seconds later. It led to him breaking an embargo and apologising to Sky and Adam Boulton.

I wonder if there is no way of ever retrieving a post from the dark labyrinth of blogosphere? Do they really lurk there for ever?

I wonder what your experience has been about this. Who hasn’t pushed the "publish" button at the wrong time and instantly regretted it. What are your views about deleting published posts?

-I was driving to my mother’s home yesterday - she is still in a teenage tizz over the “dazzling doctor” who cared for her in hospital this week - and heard the Radio 4 Food Programme awards.

I was particularly impressed with an award made to catering manager Hugh MacLennan, from Ruislip High Secondary School, London.

From what I could gather, Hugh invites kids into the kitchens to see the food being prepared (hey, what about health and safety freaks!)

This school lesson may not be on the curriculum, but has won recognition for giving kids a new understanding and appreciation of food. It’s all about inclusion.

And with such a fantastic and varied menu - there’s always a home made soup of the day, followed by a choice of Pork Wellington, Chicken Chasseur, Mexican Bean Stew, Lamb Dansk or Spicy Meatballs - Hugh probably has a job throwing the kids out of his kitchen.

I notice there are no chips on the menu, but fresh vegetables, salads and potatoes cooked in various ways. It can be done.

It wasn’t so long ago we were told that some kids were so ignorant about food that one in 20 believed chips grew on farms. The same number had no idea where milk came from. That’s why this kind of inclusion is so valuable.

I would like to see schools which dish up such great food invite their local elderly along to join them at the dinner table once a week. That would ensure they had a square meal, as well as some social interaction. In fact, why not invite many different people from the community so they all gain a better understanding about each other and develop new relationships outside their normal comfort zone.

And that’s another valuable lesson ….