The Queen’s diamond jubilee Blue Peter competition

The Queen’s diamond jubilee Blue Peter competition

The Queen has asked young Blue Peter viewers to design the official logo for her diamond jubilee in 2012.  It’s a canny way of engaging with today’s young people who may not have strong royalist views. And it made me think of my husband’s Blue Peter...

The great value of university alumni

They say it’s not what you know, but who you know, and never has this been more essential than now for our troubled universities facing huge uncertainties over future funding. It means they actively need the support of any influential and glittering alumni...

Crucial parliamentary debate on missing people

A crucial parliamentary debate is being held tomorrow challenging the government’s decision to axe its charity funding. Missing People is urging as many people as possible to contact their MP and request they attend this debate. The charity has issued a...

An inspirational woman sold for £20

I learned about a very special woman last week during a visit to Girton College, Cambridge.  This was established as the UK’s first woman’s college in 1869 and located two miles north of the city centre to discourage “marauding male”...

Is Wayne Rooney worth £50 million?

Wayne Rooney brilliantly played Alex Ferguson and Manchester United with his sure footed manoeuvres to score his best victory yet – reportedly doubling his £90,000 a week salary following lame threats to join Manchester City. This has been calculated to equate...