Review of her memoir about cake and death
A comedian writing about cake might sound twee, or evoke the sort of defiant hedonism that defines much of Jo Brand’s work. More directly, the subtitle of Katy Wix’s first non-fiction book echoes one of Eddie Izzard’s more famously meandering flights of fancy.
But Delicacy: A Memoir About Cake And Death is a much more profound, complex and tragic book than any of those instant associations could prepare you for. Cakes, to her, are ‘weird, camp objects that seem to appear whenever something emotionally devastating is happening’, sugary totems for her misery.
Boy George s mum threatened to disown him if he appeared on Celebrity Big Brother Mirror 3 hrs ago Verity Sulway
Boy George revealed on The Jonathan Ross Show that his mother Dinah O Dowd threatened to disown him if he ever went on Celebrity Big Brother.
But the music icon added he is also often asked to go on Celebrity Bake Off, but says no as it looks too complicated .
“I don’t really like reality, he said. I spent the last years avoiding it a lot. I think you have to be careful what you do on TV. When I was for a minute thinking about going on Big Brother, my mum said, ‘If you go on that show I will disown you.’ So I stopped.”
Celebrity MasterChef 2021 line-up revealed as Katie Price, Bez, Patrick Grant and Joe Swash face off
Updated: 22 Apr 2021, 14:27
CELEBRITY Masterchef is back with its strongest line-up in years as Katie Price and Rita Simons grab frying pans and go head-to-head in the kitchen.
The reality star and ex-EastEnders actress are joined by Blue star Duncan James, Towie s Megan McKenna, Stacey Solomon s fiance Joe Swash, Comedian Munya Chawaw, star of Michael Dapaah s hit show Belly Must Go with Maya Jama, as well as 14 other stars.
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Celebrity Masterchef stars Rita Simons, Joe Swash, Duncan James and Katie Price
As usual, Gregg Wallace and John Torode will be in charge, while guest chefs including This Morning s Nisha Katona will be judging their talents.
John made headlines recently when he was a surprise announcement to be joining the cast of Doctor Who as a new companion for Jodie Whittaker’s latest iteration of the Doctor. Outside of that, he is known for being a comedian and has appeared as a panellist in numerous shows such as Have I Got News For You and he is also a presenter with his own show, John Bishop: In Conversation With…
Doctor Who will certainly not be his first acting gig though as he has appeared in numerous other projects over the years including the E4 drama Skins and in the Ken Loach film Route Irish. He won the Best Male Comedy Breakthrough Artist award at the 2010 British Comedy Awards and claimed the top spot in Top Gear’s Star in a Reasonably Priced Car segment.
Simon Rimmer s Sunday Brunch live TV fail leads to him landing cocktail series
Sunday Brunch host Simon Rimmer has landed himself a series of tongue-in-cheek cocktails created his his honour after suffering a live TV fail last weekend and slicing open his finger while presenting the show last weekend
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