In 1992, Radiohead released their first single; Creep. The song became very popular and they had to play it at every gig to satisfy their fans, and it wasn’t long before the band became sick of their creation. They brought out new songs, but people just wanted to listen to the old ones, and they will forever be remembered as the band that wrote Creep.
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I’ve just been interviewed for Techettes, a site for tech savvy girls.

You can see my interview here http://techettes.com/2009/07/interview-with-tomorrows-web-speaker-anna-debenham/

On Thursday, Harriet Harman the Equalities Minister in the UK put forward plans to allow organisations to discriminate in favour of candidates who are female or of ethnic minority.

You can watch her speech here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7475470.stm

As a woman, I would not want to be given a job with the knowledge that the reason I got it had to do with my gender rather than my professional capabilities, and I would not want my colleagues to also be thinking that.  In fact, it would put me off working anywhere with a high ratio of men to women.  I want to work somewhere because my work is appreciated, not so they can tick a box or improve their statistics.

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A few weeks ago, a group of sixth-formers including myself were asked to sing at a conference in London. We were given few details, (except that 250 headteachers, and Madonna might be there) and very little time to rehearse for it. We didn’t even know where it was or whether there would be the use of a piano there. Yesterday we were minibussed to the Foreign Office in London, and I have to say, it was one of the most interesting experiences in my life.

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