Something for the weekend
Nottingham invades London
Breaking news: the government is in trouble. How do we know this? Well, it seems the entire cabinet has been sacked and replaced with the best minds Nottingham can serve up. Take a look at our exclusive photo here – men who will restore this once great nation to its rightful place at the top of the economic pile. Not really – it's just a shot of some of the Invest in Nottingham Club members on their recent visit to 10 Downing Street, where events took a truly terrifying turn for one of the team…
Knock, knock. Who’s there? Lorraine…
Imagine, if you can, dear reader, being inside 10 Downing Street. The history. The glamour. The temptation to steal a napkin with a special motif on it. It must play tricks with your mind. Lorraine Baggs of Invest in Nottingham was so lost in similar moments of reverie that she left her handbag inside the famous house, and had to knock on the door to try and retrieve it. Hope you got it sorted, Lorraine.
Shed some light
Proof, if it were needed, that nowadays there's a conference for everything has again been supplied by SFTW regulars Leicester University. Isolation and loneliness in later life among men was tackled at a conference in Leicester looking at the success of an innovative Age UK pilot project Men in Sheds. The Discovering Men's Sheds conference – you read that right - took place last night at the Ramada Leicester Hotel, to discuss new ways to help tackle isolation experienced by older men. Well, at least it's in a good cause.
