On Sunday I was on BBC Breakfast discussing the launch of the new series (series 5) of Downton Abbey. The ITV period drama has been a phenomenal success and watched in over 250 territories around the world. It regularly gets record audience figures both here in the UK and the USA, where the Americans just …
Dolly Parton: A fun profile piece I did today for Mirror Online where I am working on showbiz – phew talk about getting my fill of celeb news!! Dolly plays the Pyramid stage on Sunday at Glastonbury – here’s a little profile on the blonde bombshell… Click here for full story.
Excitment is mounting here in Manchester as over 40,000 music fans head to the city’s Heaton Park today for the start of the ‘Parklife Weekender’ festival. It’s not surprising there’s such a buzz in the air – the line-up is world class with US superstar rapper Snoop Dogg headlining tonight along with a host of …
Busy weekend ahead – a mad dash down to London very early tomorrow and a train home in time for one of the hottest festivals of the year – the Parklife Weekender. Very conveniently for me, the festival is located in Heaton Park (Manchester) which is just a stone’s throw away from my house … …
Collette Walsh BBC radio Manchester chats about Kylie’s UK tour: I was on BBC Radio Manchester this afternoon – the Phil Trow Show chatting about Kylie Minogue’s just announced UK tour. It’s good timing for Kylie who has been a huge hit on BBC 1’s The Voice show. Tickets for the tour will likely sell-out …
Audio book on Audible.co.uk – Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote and narrated by Michael C Hall. Today is World Book Day and to celebrate I have (for a change from reading) been listening (while I work and potter around the house) to the audio book of Truman Capote’s wonderful novella – Breakfast At Tiffany’s. …
The Manchester Vogue Fashion Night Out (FNO) was a resounding success and it was great fun to be back home in Manchester to see so many old (I mean stylish) faces. Manchester itself looked so glamorous – especially the fantastic The Avenue shopping esplanade in Spinningfiels. Here you can shop for designer goodies AND hop …
