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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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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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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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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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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Week beginning 15 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 284 – Holiday and Cruise Channel This week’s book – Dave Gorman – America Unchained Hi there – just a quick update for the Travel [...]

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Week beginning 8 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 284 – Holiday and Cruise Channel Rory Stewart’s The Places In Between Hi there – just a quick update for the Travel Book Club fans [...]

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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 [...]

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I am off to New York for a very special event – the wedding of my friend Andy to his Manhattan sweetheart… It is going to be quite a grand affair and to top it off for me, I am his ‘Best Woman’ !! Yikes. The role of Best Woman is pretty new in the [...]

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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 [...]

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