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My Secret Bafta dream dashed by Gordon

I WATCHED last week’s Bafta ceremony from the comfort of my bedroom at home as even though the programme Secret Millionaire which I appeared in last year was nominated for an award as best feature, I missed out on a ticket for the prestigious event. Read

Week tinged with so much sadness

This week has been very emotional for me. Firstly it was my Mum’s birthday. She shares it with the Queen, and I like to treat her as if she is royalty. Read

Proud to be Yorkshire’s No 1

AFTER our house appeared on Channel Five last week in the programme ‘I Own Britain’s Best Home’ so many people have told me they voted for us – even our dustbin men came to tell me they had spent £4 phoning in! Read

Catching up with ex-sprinter Dwain

I’VE really got into rugby league since I published ‘Access All Areas’, which is a book of photographs I took when following Leeds Rhinos on and off the pitch last season. Read

A night out on the town with Shayne

WHEN I finished my daily workout at the gym last Wednesday I switched on my phone to half a dozen messages telling me that pop star Shayne Ward was having dinner at Nandos in Leeds. Read

A spot of community service for us!

MICHAEL and I were invited to our local community centre last week to attend their monthly committee meeting and see whether we can get involved in the locality. Read

I’m back on the telly again!

YOU may remember back in February when I told you about TV Presenter Melissa Porter coming to stay at our house for two days. Read

Terminal 5, Gok Wan and giant balls

WHAT a day I had last Thursday when I travelled to London for a couple of meetings. Read

My date with Cilla Black

I WAS reading in the press about Paul O’Grady on holiday in Paris with his best pal, Cilla Black. I’d like to be a fly on the wall when those two hit the town. Read

Heather did Fiona a favour!

POOR Paul McCartney, I bet he’ll never trust anyone again. Read

I’ll save the scooter for the sun!

MY civil partner Michael bought me a 50cc scooter for my birthday, for use at our home in Tangier, Morocco. Read

My bland date with Cilla Black!

I WAS reading in the press about Paul O’Grady on holiday in Paris with his best pal, Cilla Black. I’d like to be a fly on the wall when those two hit the town. Read

No new mission for returning hero Harry

AFTER the news broke about Prince Harry serving in Afghanistan for the last 10 weeks, I was hoping he would celebrate his return at my club Mission on Saturday night. Read

Cheating with Delia

I MET Delia Smith last week when she was signing copies of her latest book for staff at ASDA Head Office in Leeds. Read

Cheating with Delia

I MET Delia Smith last week when she was signing copies of her latest book for staff at ASDA Head Office in Leeds. Read

Swearing: it’s not big and it’s not clever

IF like me you watched last week’s Brit Awards on TV, it makes you wonder if the producers tell the presenters to spice it up during the show like Sharon Osborne tried to do by swearing at Vic Reeves. Read

More tea, Sir Alex?

COMING home from a jaunt can be pretty tedious. We're all guilty of acting tetchy when we've been killing time in airports and falling asleep in uncomfortable seats, then waking up with a severely cricked neck and creased-up face ... Read

Its name is Rio

WHEN you’re jetting off for a cheeky February getaway in exotic South America, the last thing you expect is non-stop rain. Read

What Jeremy Beadle was really all about

I WAS really upset to hear about the death of the television presenter Jeremy Beadle. The sort of pranks that made him famous with Game For A Laugh and Beadle’s About were my favourite type of joke. Read

Watch those sneaky airport rules...

I BOUGHT two diamond-encrusted magnums of Champagne at the airport in Thailand, but when I changed planes at Amsterdam to come to Leeds, they wouldn’t let me take them through the scanning system. Read