David Jenkins’ Weblog

The symmetry was elegant … 32 deg C in Bali and 32 deg F in the UK. When we landed this morning after a 13 hour flight from Hong Kong (pardon my air miles; I have not ‘offset’ them because that’s akin to joining the RSCPA and continuing to kick the cat; I just try to be abstemious in other ways) it was cold and after the incident in Bali there were no other problems. We even got in early and were home courtesy of National Express by 8am. (more…)

Today I did my bit for democracy. This morning I spent a couple of hours getting steadily colder outside Boots in Cambridge supporting a Cambridgeshire County Council budget priorities road show. And after lunch I manned a Lib Dem stand supporting democracy week at Cambridge Regional College. Quite a difference. (more…)

I’ve been an avid photographer for over 40 years and have grown up with a pretty good knowledge of the physics of analogue photography. I moved to digital about 2 years ago but worry that I don’t take full advantage of the technology. That’s why I’ve signed myself up for a week’s course at Cottenham Village College summer school. (more…)

The Cambridge Marketing College is perhaps the leading marketing college in the UK and provides a comprehensive range of course for Chartered Institute of Marketing qualifications. Over the last few years I have lectured a number of such courses at the Certificate, Diploma and post graduate Diploma levels. And as a lecturer I get invited to the annual dinner at which the ‘Annual Cambridge Marketing Lecture’ is delivered. This year the lecture took place at St Johns’ and was delivered by Paul Fifield, Visiting Professor in Marketing Strategy at the Southampton University School of Management. (more…)

Last Saturday night was an occasion for lots of people who knew each other 40 years ago to see whether or not they could still recognise each other. With less hair and a little more around the waist it was not so easy but surprisingly voices seemed easier. (more…)

HICCA is the Histon and Impington Climate Change Action group and held its first AGM, rather appropriately, in Homefield Park in Impington. (more…)

You can spend half your life in Cambridge attending networking meetings. I avoid that excess but one such meeting I do attend is the Business Creation Forum (BCF) which meets bimonthly over breakfast at the Cambridge Lodge. (more…)

I was fortunate to be able to attend the Local Government Association conference in Bournemouth at the beginning of the month. (more…)