Flaming Nora

I'm on the wireless!  Yup, I've been interviewed on BBC Radio Newcastle every day this week as their  My Tunes  guest, which has been a real treat. I was there to talk about my life in writing - my  upcoming three novels , writing short stories for women's magazines, writing the first ever soap opera in the history of The People's Friend magazine, writing short stories for (and winning) competitions and a talk I gave this week as part of Sunderland Creative Writing Festival. And every day I got to pick a tune. Today I picked a song that fires me up for the weekend and I chose 'Roam' by the B52s. You can listen to the interview if you'd like to.  It starts at 49 minutes here. If you'd like to listen to the first part of my interview this week, see below: Day 1: Monday Motivation,  Monday 26 March 2018.   Day 2: Tuesday Memory: Tuesday 27 March 2018. Day 3:  Wednesday Guilty Pleasure: Wednesday 28 March 2018. Day 4: Thursday Dedic...

While I'll never forgive Bowie for selling his songs to the adman and the sight of Suggs advertising fishfingers gave me a wobble, there's something quite sweet about one of my favourite bands' tunes being used in a telly advert. Yes, the B52s really are being used to advertise Clarks Shoes.

To Camden Roundhouse last night to see the B52s, aka My Favourite Band . Caught up with them last summer when they did a short stint at Lovebox but last night in Camden they did a full-length gig and it was well worth the wait. Kate Pierson looked stunning and sounded fantastic. Cindy wore her satin shorts and beer belly with pride – indeed, it’s a look I’m aiming for myself. And Fred danced around in a controlled fashion looking like he had a bad smell under his nose. They sang new songs and I danced. They sang old songs and I jumped up and down like an overactive puppy. And when they finished with Planet Claire I went a bit bonkers. Came out of the hot and sweaty gig with my hair plastered to my head and a huge grin on my face. And as we left, spotted Sophie Ellis-Bexter in the audience too.