Collette Walsh BBC Breakfast: A couple of very early starts for me over the Jubilee weekend – with two early morning slots on BBC Breakfast doing the newspaper review. Thanks to the awful rain (during the outside broadcasts in London – Sunday especially) I stayed on hand till 6-9am in case they lost links etc… …
Still Alive…My Bikram Yoga 30 Day Challenge Continues
Much to the amusement of many friends I undertook a Bikram yoga 30-day challenge a while back…. and lasted all of 3 days! Well, I have news for the doubters out there… I registered for a fresh 30-day challenge a few weeks ago at Manchester’s lovely Bikram Yoga studio and guess what? I am on …
Jerry Seinfeld – Manchester – The King of Comedy’s In Town
Tonight is a special night for our city – quite possibly the funniest, most successful and cleverest stand-up comedian of our time is in town! Jerry Seinfeld is in a league of his own and it is a huge treat for us Mancunians that he’s playing his first ever UK gigs outside of London here …
Collette Walsh BBC 5 Live: Daybreak – Is Aled Jones The New Terry Wogan?
Collette Walsh BBC 5 Live: I will be on BBC 5 Live tonight – around 10.40pm discussing this topic – tune in! ITV announced today that BBC golden-boy Aled Jones is the new co-presenter of flagging breakfast show, Daybreak. Joining him is ITV and breakfast favourite Lorraine Kelly – an old hand on the sofa …
Richard Creme’s Art Show Launch – Strokes of Courage
Last night (Tuesday) I went along to the preview of Manchester fashion guru Richard Creme’s art show – at the Link Gallery – Manchester Metropolitan Art School. It was a really uplifting event with lots of old faces from Manchester’s Hacienda days and of course the city’s arts and music community. The show was in …
BBC Breakfast: ‘On The Sofa’ at Salford’s Media City
I made my BBC Breakfast ‘red sofa debut’ this morning and I have to say, it was great fun (despite the early alarm). Click here to see video Salford’s fabulous, state of art studios at Media City house BBC North and with it a whole array of BBC programmes that were formally produced/broadcast from London. …
Pot Calling The Kettle? Bob Geldof Hates Grandson’s Name
Celebs are renowned for naming their offspring weird and whacky names and these days we are somewhat dissappointed if they opt for something ordinary like Tom, instead of Zephyr-Silver! Among the off-spring of celebs to have been given rather zany names are of course the Geldof girls – Peaches, Fifi-Trixibelle and Pixie. Heavenly Hiraani Tiger …