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Suzi Perry’s busy week, budding Brighton designer’s This Morning success, and Preston hits the decks
We had my old pal TV presenter Suzi Perry running around last week. Last Friday she presented an award at the BAFTA gaming awards in Park Lane, to the crème de la crème of the gaming world, and even Ant and Dec! Suzi presented the “Best Handheld” award – see our exclusive pic courtesy of those lovely fellows at BAFTA.
Suzi barely had time to rub sleep out of her eyes before she made a special appearance at this year’s Ideal Home Show at London’s Earls Court. You probably will have seen all the posters plastered round Brighton for this year’s show, as new event organisers Media 10 have really upped the ante after taking over from previous owners the Daily Mail.
A brand new line-up of faces are hosting this year’s show, including interior designer Linda Barker, BBC Gardener Monty Don, ex-GMTV presenter Fiona Philips, Masterchef judge Gregg Wallace, and of course our very own Suzi, who was the face of the Ideal Home Gadget House.
But the highlight for Suzi (see our other exclusive pic) was supporting the troops as part of the Ideal Homes For Heroes Appeal, with 50p for every ticket sold being directly to the appeal. The show is on until 5 April – for more info visit www.idealhomeshow.co.uk
My Top 5 Tweets
If you, like me, are now completely addicted to Twitter (although I did see my friend Dan Hill wearing a hilarious T-shirt the other night saying ‘Tw*tter – What the f*** are you talking about, which was quite funny) then why not follow my top five Sussex sites to keep up to date with goings on. Here goes:
1 @samuelpreston – our fave Brighton celeb tweets at least once a day, always letting us know about what his family are up to.
2 @ThisisDavina – based in the Sussex countryside near Gatwick, Davina McCall’s official Twitter account is always bustling as she tweets to and from her celeb pals.
3 @heatherofficial – keep up to date with Latest 7 columnist, Hove vegan café owner and charity campaigner Heather Mills.
4 @ThisisBrighton – all you need to know about Brighton from what’s on gig wise to traffic cones
5 and finally @latestcelebcity – well it would be wrong not to wouldn’t it!
Happy tweeting!
Spotted!
Jamie Theakston at Brighton Station running for his train – get some coffee Jamie, not some Heart!
Llewelyn-Bowen picks Brighton boy
Congrats to Brighton painter and decorator Ben Hillman, who’s been crowned ITV’s ‘Next Big Thing’ in interior design following a high-profile competition on This Morning. The owner of BH Décor was selected from hundreds of entrants by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Elle Decoration Magazine’s Michelle Ogundehin before being voted through to the final – where he had to create ‘a directional living space for a young family’ on a budget of £1000. The judges said they were looking for talent for interior design with personality to match, and Ben certainly has that – he tweeted that he’d celebrated on the train home with Quavers, Oreos and Fanta! You can watch his win at www.itv.com/lifestyle/thismorning/homeandgarden
Spotted!
Preston practicing his DJing skills at the Jazz Rooms, Brighton last Friday night.
Introducing Ms Doolittle
Everyone’s favourite Swedish pop band Alphabeat have just announced they are being joined on stage by very special guest Eliza Doolittle at their Concorde 2 gig on 27 April. Eliza is fast becoming one of the UK’s hottest acts – I had the pleasure of meeting her at the Banksy premiere a few weeks ago and she had a whale of a time, later commenting she’d been “embarrased of my laugh it was so loud!” Tickets are on sale from Rounder Records.
