Tag Archive for USA

The view from New York

Baroness Deech

I have come to New York for a few days to deliver a paper on family law at an academic conference. There is a wider spread of opinion about family issues than is common at conferences at home. I have not visited for a number of years, and so quite a few things about the…

Baroness Perry

Baroness Perry

I have just returned from a most inspiring visit with the Select Committee on Science and technology to the California Institute for Regenerative medicine. They were voted $3billion (Yes, billion!) to conducy stem-cell and genomic research to be translated into real clinical outcomes. And – they are doing it! – in diabetes, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimers and…

Lordsoftheblog goes international

Lord Soley

Our fame is spreading. Last Thursday I did a ten minute interview about our blog for Australian radio and today a short interview for ABC – the US channel. They both found it difficult to understand that Lords can blog – I think their view of us is somewhat dated!