Photo taken in the sky  just before delivering  to world busines leaders alongside Jude Kelly and Caroline Bird at the top of Unilever House, 100 Victoria Embankment with.   Read more [...]

An afternoon at Kensington Roof Gardens with celebrity guest  HRH Camilla celebrating Bookstart with brilliant authors like Malorie Blackman,  publishers, The Book People - Seni Glaister - and the entire  Read more [...]

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By far the  most talented man on Radio Four's  presenter palette, comedian,  foodologist,  writer, bon viveur, producer, traveller, father, friend and raconteur.  I've had a wonderful night at tyabbs Read more [...]

This is a photograph of a cartoon by Jo Brand which I bought for charity from  Vanessa Gebbie.  This year there's a public talk on transracial adoption at Southbank Centre on 21st July. The title of Read more [...]

Did I perform  on stage at request of the far right political organisation  BNP?  Did they get an arts  grant from the local authority which stated in its equal opportunity policy that they must employ  Read more [...]

She is Afro cool and Anglo Chic. For the first time in film history a mixed race woman - black for American readers - plays the lead role in a British film Fastgirls. Her name is  Lenora Crichlow and Read more [...]

The radiant child of  celebrated composer Charles Hazlewood  made a request that  I couldn't refuse. "Wear my rabbit ears." she said.  So I did.   I wore them throughout the show broadcast tonight Read more [...]

Night Rain is a twelve minute piece that  I'll perform live at Hay Festival 11.30am on the digital stage on 4th June. You can hear it here first. Click on the picture.  Use headphones.                         Read more [...]