Retired to Glasgow after spending all my life in the West of England. The "day job" was always within administration and finance, but outside of working hours my life has been full of variety. International Photographer, Celebrity Interviewer, Cabaret Compere,
+ more bio informationI had already recorded one radio programme with Morecambe and Wise, and although they were again in town, arrangements had been made for me to interview their co-stars, The Beverley Sisters. The girls were in a happy mood, the interview taking over half and hour to record, and I was just packing up my equipment when there wa...
It was a happy and smiling Anna Massey who greeted me in the foyer of her Glasgow Hotel on a bleak Autumn day in 2006. We had arranged to meet at the Theatre Royal at 12.15, but having been rescheduled twice this had now been brought forward to 10.45 such was the demand for her time. Accompanied by her PA from Publishers Ran...
The scene - St. Johns Wood, only a stones throw from Lords Cricket Ground. The kind of day when sad faces echoed the rusty bark of the tree lined streets. Harry H. Corbett stood there, imposing, but with a smile on his face which was lighting up the immediate neighborhood. "Come on in," he said,"I wish we could have laid on ...
Jon was appearing in cabaret at the Webbington Hotel and Country Club, near Weston-Super-Mare. This was at a time when he was a 'cult' figure for his appearance in the title role of 'Dr Who' - and of course we started talking about this role. "I believe that 'Dr Who' as a programme started to become more adult when I took it...
David had been called in at short notice to perform in a one-nighter at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter, and our meeting was always going to be short as he had to drive straight back to London after the show to catch a plane to America. On the morning of his performance his co-star was taken ill and had to withdraw. The show...
Maybe he had been having a bad day, maybe he just enjoyed putting up barriers, but somehow the vibes were not good when I was introduced to Robert Morley. He was sitting in his dressing room, hands outstretched, not in a greeting, but in an attempt to hold up a daily newspaper broadsheet. The newspaper partly hid his face, a...
Ken Windsor
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