I came to Century Radio last September and can be found every weekday, from 10am to 2pm, for great music, chat Manic Minute; the All Request Lunch and much more...
Interesting facts:
When I'm not in the Century Radio studios, you can find me on North East Tonight - the Northern edition for Tyneside, Wearside, Durham and Northumberland.
My first ever job was working at a chemist - how I blushed as a 16 year old!
If I wasn't a DJ, I think I'd probably be a teacher.
I was born in Sheffield, educated in Cornwall and then Sunderland.
My favourite ever pastime is going to the gym - seriously I love it!
I support Sunderland Football Club.
I love eating pasta and think that Frace is the best holiday destination.
As a child, I can remember being told off at school for talking too much!
Fave...
film - Dead Poets Society;
bands and artists - The Feeling, Norah Jones, Madeline Peyroux, Abba and many more;
song - Human, by The Human League;
album - Human League's Dare.
The best track to get a party started is Dancing Queen, by Abba, while Wind Beneath My Wings-Bette Midler makes the perfect last dance.
My favourite decade is the 80s - for being a teenager and meeting her indoors!
I Don't Feel Like Dancing, by the Scissor Sisters, best sums me up. I need a few drinks to get me dancing and when I start I don't stop!!
I live with my partner and two cats - Frazer and Rosie.
I've interviewed Tony Blair, met Fran from Travis, worked with Angela Rippon - I could go on but I don't want to bore you...
The person I would most like to meet is George Galloway.
My prediction for 2007 is: Things can only get better - can't they?
EXTRAS:
If you were going to a Halloween fancy dress party, what/who would you go as?
The Mummy. That way I could go and no one would know it was me!!
What was the best thing about this summer (what there was of it!)
Err...that's a tough one! I can't think of anything actually.
Which firework best describes you?
A sparkler!
What’s your best tip for keeping warm in the winter?
Do some exercise - a quick jog or brisk walk will soon warm you up and is good for you.
Who is your favourite cartoon character?
Daffy Duck...truly stupid, silly and he always makes me laugh.
What is your favourite line from a song?
You better watch out, You better beware, Albert says that E=MC squared. (From Landscape's Eintein A Go Go)
If you were a tool, which one would you be?
A hammer
How would you or others describe your dancing?
Awful. Not far off me Dads and only possible to do at family get togethers or after lots of drink.
If there was one personal item you couldn’t live without, what would it be?
My contact lenses
What did you spend most of the school holidays doing?
Riding my bike and making daft radio programmes with my mate Ian.
Did you do anything to earn your pocket money when you were a kid?
I had to cut the grass or there was no cash from Mum and Dad!
If you could take part in any tv programme, which one would it be?
Coronation Street but only as an extra in the Rovers.
What are you most scared of?
My boss
Have you ever been told you look like someone else famous?
A Japanese lady thought I looked like Tom Hanks while a Baroness suggested I had a likeness for the tennis player Roger Federer - both were very wide of the mark!
