Samuels Financial Ladies’ Evening – Guess who won the Clarins goodies?!

Last night I popped along to Kendals (House of Fraser department store) in Manchester to support my financial advisor Stephen Samuels, who heads up Samuels Financial http://www.samuelsfinancial.co.uk/ – (part of the St James’ Place Wealth Management group). I joined the bevvy of sassy and savvy professional ladies who had all been invited along and we [...]

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Travel Book Club (7) – A Dip in the Ocean – Sarah Outen

This week’s book is a fantastic read (the whole panel loved it!) – A Dip in the Ocean by Sarah Outen. Week beginning 20 March 2013 – broadcast times: Monday at 9pm – Repeated: Tuesday at 10am, Friday at 7:30pm, Saturday at 2:30pm, Sunday at 8pm Watch on Sky 284 – Holiday and Cruise Channel [...]

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Top 10 Chat Up Lines – Don’t Mess Up Guys

Every now and again a video or blog will be forwarded to me that totally cracks me up and I want to share it so much I pop on here. Well, this is one – this chap, who breaks out into pins n needles during filming which alone makes me laugh, shares his ladykiller tips [...]

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Alex Ferguson Retires – The End of an Era

I got a call this morning from BBC 5 Live – it hadn’t been confirmed but I was told it was VERY likely Manchester United were about to announce that Alex Ferguson is to retire at the end of this season. Initially, as I was asked to go on air and about talk about it [...]

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Travel Book Club (4) – You Are Awful But I Like You by Tim Moore

Hi there – this week’s book for the Travel Book Club is Tim Moore’s You Are Awful (But I Like You): Travels Through Unloved Britain Week beginning 22 April 2013 – broadcast times: Monday at 9pm – Repeated: Tuesday at 10am, Friday at 7:30pm, Saturday at 2:30pm, Sunday at 8pm Travel Book Club on Sky [...]

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Well done Debbie Pyrah super slimmer & inspiration

My job means I get to meet and interview some truly remarkable and amazing people. One of them is super-slimmer Debbie Pyrah, who I met some months ago and whose story – her incredible weight loss of 14 stone 8lbs (204 lbs) at present – left a huge impression on me. I interviewed her and [...]

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BBC 5 Live: George Osbourne – Boys Don’t Cry?

I was on BBC 5 Live this week (Thurs) chatting with Tony Livesey and the life coach Jeremy Milnes about men crying and crying in general. It was hooked onto the news story that MP George Osbourne (the Chancellor) sobbed through most of the funeral of the late Lady Margaret Thatcher. You can listen here [...]

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