Popular Welsh/Jewish author Ruth Joseph tells me she is very proud of her latest book, Warm Bagels and Apple Strudel. “It is so much more than a cook book; it includes stories, jokes, anthropology, geography […]
Although having the rather grand title of Evolutionary Biologist, Dr Rhys Jones is known and loved for his down to earth approach to wildlife and their welfare and his appreciation of Nature and the outdoors. […]
Former Champion boxer Eddie Avoth has hardly let the grass grow under his feet since retiring from the ring in 1972. The British and Commonwealth (‘it was the Empire title back then’, he tells me) […]
Strictly Come Dancing’s Natalie Lowe is fanatical about fitness and fresh air. Well known for her sequined dresses and strappy sandals, Natalie is equally at home in old clothes helping her Dad lay a patio […]
The Fabulous Baker Brothers have recently enjoyed a successful series on Channel 4 with brothers Tom and Henry Herbert, both 5th generation bakers, creating quick and simply home cooked bread, pies and other rustic dishes. Tom is […]
My favourite Welsh garden, other than my own of course, is Dewstow Gardens in Caerwent, Monmouthshire. Not the biggest, not the grandest, not the best known, but for me, without a doubt, the most enchanting […]
The group, 4 Poofs and a Piano, shot to fame as the house band on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross between 2001 and 2010. The group, David Wickenden, Stephen De Martin, David Roper and Ian […]
With Tuesday being St Valentine’s Day, I thought I’d share a little bit about the Language of Flowers, or floriography, a means of communication that became popular during the Victorian time. Various flowers and floral arrangements were used […]
Cheryl Beer describes herself professionally as a woman who wears many hats and explains. “The core of who I am is a singer-songwriter but I am also a film maker, have my own record label, […]
BBC Radio 2’s Sally Boazman , or ‘Sally Traffic’ as she’s better known, tells me that she recently felt sorry for the plants out on her balcony of her London flat so brought them all […]
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