How I became the West Ham announcer.
I moved to East London from Cambridge when I was six. I think my parents may have done the driving, but I imagine I did most …

I’m off to Edinburgh next week for the festival.
On Wednesday night I’ll be giving a talk on how to keep an audience’s attention using comedy. Forget jokes, I’m a big believer in telling true …

Here’s something I started writing last year, when I was ill, after contracting an infection in an elbow wound in France. I didn’t finish the article, as I was feeling groggy.  Besides I didn’t have …

The Bakewell Show
Here’s some pictures of Thursday’s BBC East Midlands Today roadshow at the Bakewell Show in Derbyshire. I smiled a lot at people and if they looked short sighted, I …

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So we’re up and running again. It was great to be at the Boleyn for the pre-season friendly against Deportivo La Coruna for the SBOBet Cup.  Even better to win it on penalties.Avram …

I’ve spent the day meeting the public in the centre of Leicester.
I pulled on a large red BBC East Midlands Today tee shirt and an even larger smile and joined up with my …

I’m delighted to announce that I’ve been asked to be the new presenter of the Professional Speakers Association podcast.
I’ve been a contributor to the podcast for a while now, so it’s great to get the …

It’s good to be back in the land of the long vowel sounds. I’ve just spent the week on the road oop north where baths and paths are much shorter than I’m used …

I’ve co-written a book called MediaMasters with my good friend Alan Stevens.
The aim of the book is to learn how top sports stars, performers, business people, politicans and others in the public …

I’ve started a new blog about my life as the West Ham United announcer. You can find it here
All previous writing about football and West Ham has been moved across to the new site, …