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 …
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 …
Well done Debbie Pyrah super slimmer & inspiration
Update: Since writing this post Debbie has lost even MORE weight and her story is in today’s Sun newspaper click here Blog: 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 …
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 …
Travel Book Club – Airs Tonight 9pm – Sky 284
Just a quick blog to update readers on The Travel Book Club. The first show airs tonight at 9pm and is repeated in the week: Monday 1 April (April Fool’s Day!) at 9pm – Repeated: Tuesday at 10am Friday at 7:30pm Saturday at 2:30pm Sunday at 8pm Tonight (and repeated in the week) we are …
Presenting the First Travel Book Club Show
We recorded the first four episodes of The Travel Book Club a few weeks ago and I am reliably informed that it will be airing early April. I have had a sneak preview of the first episode where myself and the panel review Bill Bryson’s Down Under. The discussion got quite animated (!) as these …
Collette Walsh – TV Presenter – The Travel Book Club on Sky 284
This week I am busily genning up on a host of great travel books. Sometimes I have to pinch myself at how much fun my job is! Yep, starting next Thursday I will be recording a series for Sky 284 (Holiday and Cruise Channel) called The Travel Book Club. It combines two of my main …