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I’ve just missed out on a speaking job for a bizarre reason.
It was to compere the end of season dinner for a well known English football club.
(Not West Ham, but not one of our …
It’s been raining a lot lately, so it must be time for the cricket season to get underway. In fact it’s the earliest ever start to a county championship season.
I filmed at Derbyshire this week. …
One of the worst jobs as a journalist is to do an obituary on someone you knew and liked.
Keith Alexander was the first black football manager in England. He once gave me his coat to …
I had a horrible journey from London to Nottingham this morning, with driving snow in my face most of the way. I really must get a new windscreen fitted. It would be so much warmer …
My mate Dave is a big Hull City fan. Last season he was at the Boleyn for the match which marked my return as the announcer. It was a brilliant night, I walked around shaking …
When I was a kid, Blue Peter was a top programme full of educational features.
This week I have seen Dick and Dom making pancakes on Blue Peter, plus a song by the young pop combo …
Earlier this week I was making a cup of tea in the BBC Nottingham kitchen, while a wild haired man with very red cheeks was holding court with a couple of producers. He was Ray …
I’m greatly enjoying Chris Evans on breakfast on Radio 2. He’s quickly established the programme as a feelgood way to start the day that appeals to the whole family. Much as I loved Terry Wogan, …
Today I did something outside my comfort zone. I went to magistrate’s court to report on the Milan Mandaric case. I haven’t done any court reporting for over twenty years, since my early days in …
So this is day one of the new daily blog.
I was always starting a diary as a child. Each year I’d receive a diary for Christmas and pledge to make an entry every day. I …
