I have heard his read aloud several times, but this reading was one of the best. It is so appropriate to what is happening in the US, it was perfect timing.
I proposed to Julia Roberts. But for goodness sake, keep it to yourself, if word gets out there'll be a media circus. Anyway, she was in London promoting a new film and she was staying in the Dorchester. I happened to be there too and that was when we met. I was walking down this corridor towards Reception, the Americans call it the Lobby. She came out right in front me, out of the Ladies loo. I knew who she was straight away of course but the embarrassing thing was she'd caught the back of her skirt in her underwear and didn't know. It's funny the things which go through your mind at times and I remember thinking her knickers were more TK Maxx than Rodeo Drive if you know what I mean. Well I couldn't let her walk through the hotel like that, so I caught up with her and touched her on the shoulder and said, "Miss Roberts, you have something of a wardrobe malfunction," nodding at her skirt. She looked at me like she had trodden in something, obviousl
MarĂa was born in 1910, in a remote place called San Javier de Loncomilla, a commune of Linares city. The family home was a humble abode in the middle of the campo, with no electricity and no gas but they got by. Her father, an alcoholic, believed that the only reason girls wanted to go to school was to learn to read and write so they could write letters and get together with boys. Consequently, her parents didn't send Maria or her siblings to school. Maria was just fifteen when she made the brave decision to run away from home. She came to this decision one evening, when her father once again came home drunk. He was being violent, verbally and physically, abusive towards her. This behaviour was becoming more of a norm whenever her father went out on a drinking spree which was getting to be nearly every night. Although Maria was illiterate, she knew she wanted a better life than the one she had. She was a hardworking girl, always helping mum to do any job aroun
Here we have, Helen Jones reading her enchanting story: Metamorphosis: (on wonderful Breeze FM) Helen alo mentions that The Written Word Group story telling radio slot has been moved: To Saturday morning on Breeze FM with Mark B: The next chance you will get to hear The Written Word Group on live Radio, will be with Mark Bamford on his 9am Saturday Morning Show
I have heard his read aloud several times, but this reading was one of the best. It is so appropriate to what is happening in the US, it was perfect timing.
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