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...
Conservatives plan to protect young foreign brides

Conservatives plan to protect young foreign brides

My mother Loula (pic) was a wartime bride from Greece when she married my English father at 16, he was eight years older and stationed there as a soldier. She arrived in the UK alone  on a ship and couldn’t speak English following their very brief...
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....