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It was a huge surprise & honour to be interviewed by Lauren Laverne for Desert Island Discs on BBC Radio 4 that was broadcast on the 31st May 2020! Please use the link above the photo to listen to the programme and to discover my 8 chosen tracks as well as the luxury I picked… Continue reading Desert Island Discs

The Fawcett Society invited me to write this blog about the experience of self-isolating during the Covid-19 pandemic – click here to read.

Here’s a summary of the wonderful events and honours that came my way in 2019 – my huge thanks to all the organisations who presented me with awards, I still can’t quite believe it all happened! Pride of Britain Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Janet Jackson With daughter Azuka and granddaughter Rhianne Honorary Doctorate Degrees… Continue reading 2019 – what a year! Pride of Britain Lifetime Achievement Award & 4 Honorary Doctorate Degrees

So proud that my actor nephew Charles Venn managed to reached the Quarter-Finals of Strictly Come Dancing! Here I am with him at Elstree Studios congratulating him after he had succeeded in going on to Blackpool on Saturday 17th November 2018. Proud Auntie!

A tweet I posted in the days leading up to the 70th Anniversary of the National Health Service unexpectedly went viral and also attracted a great deal of media attention! Click here for an example from ITV News.