Pleasure as ever to be on the Sarah Brett show this week (Wednesday 10.30pm to midnight) and take a radio walk through the day’s news, talking points and current affairs. It was also a chance to give a shout out to some fab festivals taking place here in the north: MIF – Manchester International Festival …
BBC Scotland – Kay Adams Breakfast Show – Glastonbury & Politics
What a pleasure to go on BBC Scotland – Good Morning Scotland with Kay Adams – today to talk about how Glastonbury 2019 has been a major force for sharing a political and social message. More than previous Glastos, this year top artists from Stormy to Year and Years and even Kylie, had a message …
BBC 5 Live – Male Mental Health & Dishwashers! On the New Sarah Brett Show
Since I moved back to Manchester, one of the fab bonuses among many is that Media City and the BBC is on my doorstep. It’s meant that for the past 10 years or so I’ve been an occasional commentator on local radio station BBC Manchester. However, thanks to that, I was asked to do more …
Review: Albatross & Arnold, Manchester – A Gem in Manchester’s Spinningfields
A really jammy part of being a journalist is getting invites to nice openings and launches. I’ve actually cut down on going to these events as in all honesty, I think it pays to be discerning. That’s why I was really pleased to keep my diary free to check out Albatross & Arnold in Manchester’s …
Goodbye Jeremy Kyle – it was time to go… about 10 years ago
Not surprised at all to learn that the very toxic and exploitative Jeremy Kyle Show on ITV has been switched off permanently. Hats off to those who stood up to the telly bosses who thought this awful daytime show was worth its grubbiness in order to rake in the advertising revenue. But TV and public …
X Factor’s New Judges – BBC 5 Live – Collette Walsh
Collette Walsh – 18 July 2018 I was on BBC 5 Live last night chatting about the new judging panel for ITV’s X Factor. It followed a grand reveal of the new judges at a press conference in London. New for 2018 is singer Robbie Williamson, his wife Ayda Field and One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson. …
BBC Breakfast – Collette Walsh on the Return of Super Group ABBA
Hi – so a fun slot on BBC Breakfast’s red sofa this morning when it was announced that Swedish super group ABBA are reuniting for the first time in over 35 years.