Advantages: Very interesting and packed full of famous people Disadvantages: None really
Michael Parkinson was born in 1935 or Melbourne Parkinson if his father had been allowed to have his way. Melbourne as England had just won the Cricket test match there! He was born in a pit village in Cudworth in South Yorkshire to a father who worked do ...
Advantages: Plenty info on the really famous stars, some humour Disadvantages: His life story pre 1971 is not that interesting
Michael Parkinson, he is one of the most famous talk show hosts in the country & has been a regular on our screens in that capacity since 1971 via the BBC, ABC in Australia & ITV. He has interviewed the most interesting people in the world, film stars, mu ...
Advantages: Easy to Read, Witty at Times, Difficult to put down Disadvantages: none
Born in Cudsworth, a mining village near to Grimethorpe Colliery, in South Yorkshire (made famous by the film "Brassed Off") this tells the story of a childhood in a mining village, through to his starting out as a Junior Reporter on the Barnsley Chronicl ...
Advantages: A great read, honest, interesting, good sense of the real person coming through. Disadvantages: None.
I have been a fan of Denise Welch for many years. I enjoyed her playing Natalie in Coronation Street a few years ago (1997-2000) and also love watching her current role as teacher Steph Haydock in Waterloo Road. She is my favourite Loose Women presenter t ...
Advantages: A good read Disadvantages: Some info we do not need to read about.
I mainly read fiction but occasionally read biographies so when I saw this one by chance lying on a returned trolley in my local library I thought I would give it a read.
This book is the autobiography of Denise Welch, actress and Loose Woman and I mus ...