Write your own introduction
As well as speaking for a living, I often act as the MC or compere at an event. It’s not rocket science. I tell people where the fire exits and toilets are located and glare at them until they switch their mobile phones to silent. Then I pop up in between speakers, make a few […]
Too mean to pay to hear me talk? Here’s some free speech.
One of my most popular talks is ‘Putting the U in Humour’. It’s aimed at business people who want to get their message across more effectively by keeping their audience entertained. Its a 30 minute keynote or a 60 minute interactive workshop. The main message is to forget telling old jokes and concentrate on using […]
Ten Ambitions for 2010
When I was a little boy growing up in East London, I remember Mr Carter, the headmaster, talking to us one day in assembly. He said we could achieve anything we wanted in life, as long as we wanted it enough. He reminded us that Noel Edmonds had been a pupil at our school, and […]
My name on a bus
So it’s a new decade, the noughties are over, and whatever this decade is called is underway. I’m going to give myself a list of ten things I’d like to achieve in the next ten years of the tensies or teenies or whatever. First up is to have my name on the side of a […]
Petula Clark interview
Here’s an interview with Petula Clark from my afternoon show on BBC Greater London Radio (GLR) in the mid-nineties. Click here to listen (Many thanks to unofficial GLR archivist Mick Freed)
Ten Unusual Things about Jeremy Nicholas
1. He was shortlisted for a job as a Blue Peter presenter, made it to the last three, fronted a film about recycling polystyrene, and….they gave the job to Anthea Turner. Why would they do that? 2. When GLR Breakfast with Jeremy Nicholas and Clare McDonnell only won bronze at the Sony Awards, the table […]
