Hosting Live Events

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Carfest North

I’ve hosted Carfest alongside its creator Chris Evans for 8 years and my liver has paid the price. For two weekends a year - one up North, one down South - we work and play hard with the liveliest festival crowd in the country. I host three daily track shows, pretending to know about cars and introducing the drivers / owners / petrolheads to the 40,000 strong crowd.

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Carfest South

Like the North, but in the south… This one is hosted at Jodie Scheckter’s Laverstoke Park.

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Pub In The Park

This is a new venture, working for Brand Events, the wonderful (I have to say that) team responsible for Carfest. I interview chefs such as Rick Stein, James Martin and Monika Galetti, plus music stars, Gabrielle, Kaiser Chiefs, Sophie Ellis Bextor, The Feeling and Tom Odell.

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The Henley Literary Festival

I love literary festivals. They pay me to read books and ask fascinating people anything I like on stage! I’ve worked at Henley for several years interviewing writers such as Kate Humble and Alex Gregory in 2018. I interviewed X-Factor’s Dermott O’Leary, cricketer Monty Panesar, Olympian Kelly Holmes, racing driver Jason Plato and firefighter Sabrina Cohen Hatten. .

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The Cheltenham Literary Festival

The Summer of 2019 saw me heading to Cheltenham to interview three amazing women to a packed crowd at the main venue. Laura Prior-Palmer, Emily Chappel and Mimi Anderson are united by their ability to endure extreme physical challenges. Interviewing them was anything but.

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The Yeovil Literary Festival

It's always fun to interview raconteur Jason Plato and I did so again in 2019 for his book, “How not to be a Professional Racing Driver,” this time at Yeovil’s Octagon Theatre, in front of a crowd who know their Touring Cars. The biggest challenge for us was how many swear words we could use in front of a gentile audience like Yeovil. They didn't kick us off stage so I guess we judged it about right.

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The International Maternity Awards

Winter 2019 - It was a complete honour to host these awards in a room of people I admire: midwives, doulas and obstetricians who work tirelessly to support birthing women. On occasions like this, my two worlds of The Happy Birth Club and presenting merge perfectly.