World renowned Welsh winger, Shane Williams played his farewell game this weekend but it was over 12 months ago that he shared his plans for retirement with me – linked to fond childhood memories of the […]
Journalist, broadcaster and novelist Penny Smith is as busy as ever. She is currently standing in for Claudia Winkleman on Radio 2’s Art Show, whilst Claudia hosts Strictly Come Dancing, in her own words, “brewing […]
Dame Shirley Bassey described recording with rock band Never the Bride, as ‘inspirational and fun’. Roger Daltry describes lead singer Nikki Lamborn as “the best female rock singer since Janis Joplin” and Radio 2’s Bob […]
Until recently, novelist and writer Matt Whyman was probably best known for his children’s books and as the agony uncle for the girl’s magazine Bliss. All that has changed as his latest book, ‘OINK! My […]
I met comedian, musician and actor Bill Bailey at the Chelsea Flower Show where he was thrilled to have had a pitcher plant named after him. He explains, “Borneo Exotics, who are a highly regarded […]
Star of BBC2’s One Man and his Campervan, Martin Dorey, fell in love with camper vans whilst he was at University and used a camper van to travel to the beach to surf. “I spent […]
I have been trying out a new range of gardening tools this week and I’m impressed. The Radius range of tools are imported from America by Bruce Renny of Brilliant Garden Products who has bestowed […]
Described as ‘undoubtedly the most influential British gardener of the last half-century,’ Beth Chatto OBE, together with her husband Andrew, are renowned for shaping the way we garden. It may sound obvious now but they pioneered […]
Despite describing her gardening experience as ‘having only dabbled’, ITV Wales Tonight presenter, Andrea Benfield has already established a herb garden in the new house she shares with fiancé Lee Byrne. “We now have a […]
TV gardener Chris Collins admits he is probably still best known as the Blue Peter gardener. He explains, “I’ve done 8 years of Blue Peter now. When I started no one really talked about gardening, […]
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