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The Bike Blog: Racing is back with a bang, Notebook

The Bike Blog: Racing is back with a bang

In other words; racing is back, and with a bang!

By | Notebook, Sport | Friday, 19 April 2013 at 5:00 am

Life with Rett Syndrome: How other people view us, Health

Life with Rett Syndrome: How other people view us

I was planning lessons for a year 7 class today, about short story writing and how to create a three dimensional character. One of the ways we learn about a character, I teach them, is through what other characters think, say and feel about them. It occurred to me that this is perhaps at odds with the rather modern concept that we should worry less about what others think and instead be brave and confident in ourselves.

By | Health, Notebook | Thursday, 18 April 2013 at 6:33 pm

Secondary breast cancer: The work life/cancer balance, Health

Secondary breast cancer: The work life/cancer balance

Life hasn’t quite worked out how I expected it to and I do have a tendency to walk the harder path (i.e. drop out of uni, then have to work up the career ladder from the bottom) but I didn’t plan to walk a path on the edge of a cliff, with loose boulders that could fall away at any time.

By | Health, Notebook | Thursday, 18 April 2013 at 6:15 pm

What is the price of a bedroom?, Property

What is the price of a bedroom?

Also, converting offices into homes plus latest house price figures

By | Property | Thursday, 18 April 2013 at 10:30 am

Where do people go when they move out of London?, Property

Where do people go when they move out of London?

Guildford, Maidenhead and Bicester/Banbury top three most asked about locations on Life After London

By | Property | Wednesday, 17 April 2013 at 10:33 am

Margaret Thatcher and the London rental market, Property

Margaret Thatcher and the London rental market

How the rental market has changed under each Prime Minister since 1963

By | Property | Tuesday, 16 April 2013 at 9:17 am

It’s UK ‘mortgage freedom day’ (unless you live in Cambridge, or Camden, or…), Property

It’s UK ‘mortgage freedom day’ (unless you live in Cambridge, or Camden, or…)

Seven of the earliest 10 Mortgage Freedom Days happen in Scotland

By | Property | Monday, 15 April 2013 at 9:46 am

Barking Blondes: Should all dogs be muzzled in public?, Notebook

Barking Blondes: Should all dogs be muzzled in public?

Should all dogs be muzzled in public? How do you feel when you pass a muzzled mutt? Safe and secure? Or maybe that the masked four-legged friend might be a potential Hannibal Lecter?

By | Notebook | Sunday, 14 April 2013 at 4:00 am

Nostra culpa: The blog, the Estonian President’s Twitter rant and the resulting libretto, Notebook

Nostra culpa: The blog, the Estonian President’s Twitter rant and the resulting libretto

Most social media spats are storms in teacups and while a few can be blown completely out of proportion, on the whole they are usually over in a couple of days. However, in one particular case a Twitter feud has served as an unlikely source of inspiration.

By | Notebook | Friday, 12 April 2013 at 4:12 pm

House prices by Prime Minister (including Thatcher), Property

House prices by Prime Minister (including Thatcher)

UK house prices rose the most under Tony Blair

By | Property | Friday, 12 April 2013 at 12:13 am

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