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Women and alcohol – when ‘normal’ drinking slips into problem territory 22 Aug 2013 | 11:53 am
A while back I posted a guest blog by the founders of Soberistas.com an online group set up to help women worried about their drinking. Now Lucy Rocca, one of the Soberistas, has co- written a book wi...
‘The mess we inherited’ – some facts with which to fight the Tory Big Lies 19 Aug 2013 | 02:39 pm
I am indebted to Professor Vernon Bogdanor, who among other things was David Cameron’s tutor at Oxford, for drawing my attention to a recent report by the LSE Growth Commission. Anyone who looks at...
Labour must rebut ‘the mess we inherited’ to expose the mess the Tories are making 13 Aug 2013 | 04:24 pm
Just before the summer break, I did a fundraiser for Labour Welsh Assembly member Leighton Andrews, and during the q and a was asked if it was too late for Labour to fight back against the coalition m...
Great idea from a French town; would it work in UK? 12 Aug 2013 | 04:10 pm
When the Daily Telegraph asked me a while back to do a piece for their travel pages on my favourite town, I chose Vaison-la-Romaine in France. Having been back there for the Tour de France a couple o...
Just for my Mum, a blog about non-blogging, non-news following, Harriet and cycling 27 Jul 2013 | 06:39 pm
This one is for my Mum. She is not the only one to say ‘you haven’t been blogging much lately,’ but she is the only one who is my Mum. This is a new maternal criticism. She normally criticises me when...
Guest blog from a suicide survivor who says we should talk about it more 5 Jul 2013 | 11:14 am
I am still getting responses on social media to the tweet I did when Stephen Fry talked about a suicide attempt, and I asked those who were asking what he had to be depressed about whether they would ...
Speech on modern media, modern comms, modern strategy and why the Queen is a great communicator 27 Jun 2013 | 02:13 pm
Here is the speech I am about to make – grandly titled an Oration Address by the organisers, to the Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, Thursday June 27, Melbourne. Forgive the references to slides,...
New social website for those suffering mental disorder 26 Jun 2013 | 06:31 am
Greetings from Australia, where anyone following my tweets, pix and links to interviews will know I am, as ever when here, loving the place. I keep having little nagging thoughts that I should write a...
Response to Stephen Fry suicide interview shows attitudes are slowly changing 10 Jun 2013 | 02:38 pm
Apparently I have done 19,880 tweets in the few years since I joined the twitter revolution. That seems a lot to me. But I can say without any doubt at all that the one which has had the biggest respo...
Superb guest blog from a REAL Apprentice 7 Jun 2013 | 08:10 pm
I am delighted to post a blog by a young man from Burnley, Matt Seel, who is doing an apprenticeship with the town’s council. He and his fellow apprentices are also taking part in the national competi...
