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Tag Archives: celebrity
Cashing in on a celebrity friendship (Rousse)
Now a world-famous actor earning millions, AO was hot news for all the tabloids and celebrity magazines. It dawned on me that I could earn a small fortune by selling to the press the photographs that I kept of this … Continue reading
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Tagged cash, celebrity, collection, fortune, friend, friendship, magazine, photograph, press, tabloid
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Topless David Beckham’s River Tweed tattooist (Rousse)
David Beckham’s tattooist lived with his family on the banks of the River Tweed. I discovered the artist’s identity the day that TPR drove us to the tiny riverside cottage in his new black sports car . I admired the … Continue reading
To Hexham for celebrities, and to Perth for the pantomime (Rousse)
A crowd of posh pensioners carrying cameras obstructed my way as I attempted to drive my little buggy (illegally) along the pavement of Temperley Place, Hexham. They had their long lenses fixed on a doorway, in eager anticipation of snapping … Continue reading
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Tagged BCS, British Computer Society, buggy, camera, celebrities, celebrity, cinema, consort, couple, daylight, doorway, family, fan, Hexham, husband, job, lady, lens, pantomime, pavement, pensioner, Perth, posh, professional body, programmer, Queen, reception, risk, royal, snap, staff, Temperley Place, Thriller, trip, video
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A shy sous chef (Rousse)
VJ had been contracted to cook for a couple of celebrity chefs on daytime television. I volunteered to chop the vegetables (off-camera, in the kitchen).
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Tagged celebrity, chef, chop, cook, daytime, kitchen, off-camera, shy, sous chef, television, TV, vegetables, volunteer
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Stevie Wonder misses his flight (Rousse)
Stevie Wonder, his female friend, TPR, two other computer industry experts and I were chatting in the bar while Stevie and his companion were waiting for a flight. I checked my watch. It was 19:15. ‘What time is your flight?’ … Continue reading
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Tagged celebrity, computer, expert, flight, industry, miss, rucksack, run, Stevie Wonder, suitcase, TPR
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Celebrity top trumps: Ed Sheeran versus Paul Weller (Rousse)
My online friend TBM came to stay with S, the youngest of her three boys. Our flat had plenty of space, yet they both shared our bedroom. In fact, none of us really appreciated the vast size of our flat … Continue reading
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Tagged 2017, 30th, anniversary, ballroom, bedroom, boy, breakfast, canteen, celebration, celebrity, Ed Sheeran, flat, friend, garden, gild, hum, husband, immense, jam, man, men, Online, Paul Weller, phone, ring, rock, seet, space, Style Council, text, top, TPR, trumps, tune, wedding
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From drinks in Ambridge with the Aldridges to an open air party on Princes Street (Rousse)
I met the illegitimate man of Thomastown at Brian and Jennifer Aldridge’s drinks party. He had thoughtfully brought with him a 3D paper model of Thomastown complete with an impressive representation of the Catholic church, and it didn’t take long … Continue reading
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Tagged 3D, Aldridge, Aldridges, Ambridge, Brian, business, catholic, celebrity, church, drinks, eat, Edinburgh, family, gigs, hill, illegitimate, Jennifer, model, open air, paper, party, Princes Street, scream, shoo, sponsorhsip, student, table, Thomastown, trestle, Voadphone
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Brad Pitt tattoos his forehead in latest celebrity revelation (Rousse)
Brad Pitt sat at the end of my bed at the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh. In such close proximity to the famous movie star, I could see that his face was covered in tiny freckles. These comprised a mixture of miniscule … Continue reading
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Tagged Angelina Jolie, anxieties, attempt, Balmoral Hotel, bed, bill, blonde, blue, Brad Pitt, call, camera, Canon, celebrity, chat, children, compact, condition, covers, cubicle, digital, distract, dream, dreaming, Edinburgh, Facebook, film, flecks, forehead, freckles, Friends, hairline, ink, iPhone, Madonna, movie, Orange, photo, photograph, picture, pinpricks, post, pounds, revelation, sheet, sheets, Skype, star, strange, tattoo, tattoos, thousands, TPR
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Madonna advises against A list celebrity friendships (Rousse)
The Indian manager of the charity shop had fallen in love with me. He begged for a date, offering to pay for both the coffee and my time with him in the cafe at the rate of £5 an hour. … Continue reading
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Tagged A list, accessories, £5, brogues, brown, celebrity, changing room, charity, check, coffee, conversation, date, daughter, escalator, fan, fans, feedback, friend, friendship, hours, Indian, linen, love, Madonna, manager, outfits, public, shirt, shirts, shop, shop bonde, Sighthill, time, tweed, tweeds
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Eric Clapton, his girlfriend, and the sea monster (Rousse)
I loved being Eric Clapton’s girlfriend. He gave me a cute little mobile phone made from clear plastic like a child’s water pistol. The only drawback of this celebrity lifestyle was the effort it took to avoid the resident sea … Continue reading
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Tagged celebrity, cute, drawback, Eric Clapton, girlfriend, lifestyle, mobile, monster, phone, plastic, sea, water pistol
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