Recently, for a dose of winter sunshine I decided to visit South Africa.  I wanted to go this year before it gets too busy in the summer when the football World Cup starts and thousands of flag waving, face painted patriots flood in...

Amstell thinking about it… It was a pleasant surprise when I received a text message from the v good looking Actor, Christian Cooke who is currently starring in Primeval. He was...

Switch On with Alan Carr Blackpool’s big ‘switch-on’ happened last month. It’s that time when the entire Golden Mile is even more colourful than usual. Blackpool Illuminations...

Popping up in the Street This month, I might just have reached the pinnacle of my life achievements when I appear in an episode of Coronation Street. Well, when I say appear, I have...

Wrestling for glory Half naked men grappling in the Turkish sun, the light glistening from their oil-coated bodies; hands grab slick flesh as they tumble on the ground clad in only tight fitting leather trousers...

Take That… it’s just a party Did you see Take That on Jonathan Ross the other week? I have to say I’m a bit obsessed by the band and tune in every time they appear on the box and have never really got over that initial excitement I felt when I was first introduced to the lads...

More Morrison A couple of years back I became infatuated with a certain song. I turned it up when it came on the radio and when I eventually bought it, I’d drive my family and friends mad by playing it over and over again at full volume...

Just book off I recently saw in the newspapers that my old mate Paul O’Grady is demanding £2million for the second part of his autobiography. His first book ‘At My Mother's Knee and Other Low Joints’ proving very successful and topped the bestsellers chart over Christmas...

Where the boys are It was that time of year again. Sudden hot sweats, mood swings, shortness of breath and a desperate need to get away from it all… even if I’d just come back from being away from it all...

Celeb Spotting You know me… I’m not one for name dropping but… there I was travelling in Business Class on a BA flight to Cape Town when who should whisper sweet nothings in...