You find yourself in the strangest situations in my game. I’ve been in an office with John Lennon and Paul McCartney, a bar with Oliver Reed and backstage with The Rolling Stones, down the years.
At last, I’ve got time to breathe. During the past month, it seems as though my feet haven’t touched the ground.
There are many things to love about being in Shropshire, including the glorious countryside.
I am nothing like my photographs. Or wait a minute, perhaps that should be my photographs are nothing like me.
Sadly, the reaction from shoppers says it all. They are not the least bit surprised at today’s news that plans to create a sparkling new £150 million shopping centre in the heart of Shrewsbury have hit a potentially fatal stumbling block.
“GO back back too (sic) ya own country and take ya mosk (sic) with ya”.
With town centre traders needing all the help they can get, the 15 minutes free parking being brought in by Shropshire Council from Monday is a small gesture which takes a step in the right direction.
Even though it was getting dark and objects were turning into dim and hazy shapes, the light would remain switched off because "you wouldn't want to waste electricity, would you?"
The closure of Shrewsbury Prison was a bolt from the blue which, we now know, showed a contemptuous disregard for the staff who over the years gave such good and loyal service within its walls.
Oscar-winning A-lister Angelina Jolie has been characteristically brave in making public her decision to undergo a double mastectomy.
I hate football and so do you, deep down. Sure, some of us cover it up quite well, but beneath the surface, it’s a different ball game.
It’s that age old argument, women are the worst drivers. Well according to the Driving Standards Agency which released some crazy figures recently stating us ladies made more mistakes in our tests than men. Whatever.
Losing sleep and my mind with 3am fighting talk
The Dambusters squadron, whose daring and audacious raids during World War Two are often cited as the very essence of British bravery and ingenuity, will be quite rightly showered with plaudits this week.
Could it? Finally? Is Shrewsbury's Flax Mill about to see some real movement on its looooooooooooong awaited redevelopment?
The new proposals from the Government to ensure offenders are supervised for at least a year after they have been freed from prison is being billed as a payment-by-results initiative.
Shropshire’s health service finds itself dangerously close to the eye of a perfect storm.
Who on earth would want her job? A day after making headlines by announcing she will not be attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting this year, the Queen was today centre stage again as the Government lays out its plans for the year ahead.
What is the Royal Mail for? It is the fundamental question which is thrown sharply into focus by moves which will effectively see a transformation from a people’s service into a private enterprise.
So there I was chatting to George Clooney at a film premiere in Rome. What? Should I have issued a ‘name drop’ alert there? You think? Sorry. Bear with.
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