That was the sign I read on a billboard alongside the M56 in North Cheshire as I drove back to Manchester from a practice visit in Wrexham 2 weeks ago. I was on my bluetooth phone at the time and didn’t catch the email address that was detailed under the offer (perhaps driving a little
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My thanks to Fraser Hendrie who emailed a link to the Times article about the “off the record” conversation that took place between Barack and Dave during the trip to London. You can read it here.

The Sony Reader is now available. Or does the idea of “reading a book” on a hand-held device seem like a sin? Who could possibly want to replace the “primeval” pleasure of holding a hard-back, smelling the clean crisp publication and parting those pages for the first time? Reading is a tactile experience – what are
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This morning I’ll be on the phone at 8.00 am, catching up with my old friend Guy Levine, who wants to tell me all about his search engine optimisation business. When I first met Guy, he wasn’t even 20 years old – and now he is a success story in itself, constantly asked to speak
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In response to my recent post (and ezine article) about membership schemes, reader Ann Brosnan writes: Hi Chris,   Great article about membership.   One thing I would add (as a patient) is how about being invited to join a ‘patient panel’ so that I can give feedback to the dental practice and be asked
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As you know, there has recently been a TV writers strike in the USA – the most damaging effect of which (on my life) was the shortening of Prison Break Series 3 – leaving us all on a cliff-hanger with Michael storming off to seek revenge. Whilst the TV writers were idle, some decided to
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I will be based at my Manchester apartment for the next week. It’s a great environment. Lots of light and air in a quiet spot yet so close to “everything”. I’ve discovered over the years that I’m very sensitive to the right environment. It has to be just right to produce my best work. Two
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So the GDC are beginning to fire warning shots across the bow of many practitioners. Read here what Dentistry magazine have to say. That should raise a few eyebrows 🙂

TRH’s the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall were in town yesterday to rededicate the memorial to the 600+ service personnel who left from here to embark on one of the most audacious raids of WWII – St Nazarre. 5 Victoria Crosses were awarded and Camilla’s own father was taken POW after the raid. Worth catching
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