We bought tickets to the Friends of Cambridge party, which was held at Winchester House, overlooking the start of the race in Putney. The race was very close, with Oxford leading before Cambridge pulled forward and won by one and a quarter lengths, taking the running tally of wins to 79-73 to Cambridge.

They’ve also released a vidoc – “Is Quisnam Protero Damno!” (roughly “He whom I trample underfoot and defeat!”) – which demos some new levels and weapons, along with the significantly improved graphics and sound effects.

Given the superb playability of Halo 2, probably the best first-person shooter ever made, three more years of development and the power of the next generation Xbox 360 is bound to produce a stunning game.

Our course director has just announced a new course entitled Leadership in Action, which will be taught this term in addition to the courses we were expecting. The course is being run by Lord Stevenson, who is Chairman of HBOS plc, Chairman of the House of Lords Appointments Commission, former Chairman of Pearson plc (owner of the Financial Times) and, at one time, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister.

The aim of the course is for successful business leaders to share their professional and personal experience of leading organizations and managing their careers. The line up for guest speakers includes:

• Dame Marjorie Scardino, CEO, Pearson plc
• Sir William Castell, Director, GE & BP, former Chairman GE Healthcare
• Charles Dunstone, CEO & Founder, The Carphone Warehouse (my former employer)
• William Kendall, former CEO, Green & Blacks
• Jo Malone, Founder, Jo Malone
• Trevor Philips, Chair, UK Commission for Equality and Human Rights

This is set to be one of the highlights of the year here in Cambridge.