Here’s one of those bits of tech that you’re almost surprised doesn’t exist already. Just as Shazam tells you what a song is when you hear it and sends you to a buy link, and QR codes allow your phone camera to ‘read’ a URL, soon your smartphone will be able to tell you what […]
Continue readingFor many of us, 3D printing feels pretty cutting-edge. My daughter’s school has a 3D printer, which slowly, laboriously builds up layer by layer whatever design it’s fed. People are using it to produce prosthetic limbs, military equipmnent, works of art, My daughter’s class use it to create mini Minions. But as mind-boggling as it […]
Continue readingWe spent the afternoon at our local National Trust property, The Vyne, with friends who’d never been before. It’s a beautiful house, but right now they had to take our word for it, as the whole thing is encased in boards and scaffolding. They’ve effectively built a temporary house around the house while they work […]
Continue readingIt’s been a busy day. I’ve done NEARLY all my daily tasks (posting this blog is one more off the list), but one I haven’t yet done is my 5 minutes’ keyboard practice. And now there’s a problem: the whole of Bramley has been plunged into darkness by a power cut. Luckily my friend Sarah […]
Continue readingOn World Book Night, I offered the chance to win one of three life-changing books – all you had to do was leave a comment telling me why you needed the one you’d chosen. Well, how could I choose, really? Six great reasons why six great women needed one of these books, and in the […]
Continue reading‘I’m trying to beat my PB for the London Marathon,’ one of my friends posted on Facebook on Sunday morning. ‘Last year I managed 2 hours 40 minutes… before I got bored and changed channel.’ Well, I missed the live coverage completely – I was larking around on Cogden Beach at the time – so […]
Continue readingWe’re camping – glamping, really – down at Durdle Door in Dorset this weekend. It’s absolutely stunning. This morning I slipped out of the pod while everyone else was asleep for my run (223 days and counting, since you ask). Yesterday my husband, who knows this area fairly well, advised me on a good running […]
Continue readingWhat better way to start Easter Sunday morning than with a solitary run in the predawn to meet a small, chilly group of cheerful folk and stand together quietly watching the sun rise? I remember my first ever Easter sunrise service, over in Bramhall Park in 1985. It was the first (but not the last) […]
Continue readingA looooong drive up the M6 today to visit Grandma near Manchester, but I have a secret weapon. Gone are the days when World War III would break out on the back seat while I was negotiating the roadworks near Sandbach: on a trip a few years back I stumbled upon the Haribo storytelling method […]
Continue readingOne of the things I love about hosting the podcast is that I get at least five ‘touches’ on the content: 1. when I’m preparing for the interview – reading the book, researching the business and the interviewee’s background, thinking about what will be interesting for listeners, preparing the questions; 2. during the interview itself, […]
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