Easter Weekend and Radio interviews.

I've been working on paintings to be included in the UK. Hospitals touring exhibition. The tour kicks off at the begining of April at the close of the amazingly successful Exhibition at The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.

Elisa just called me from The BBC Radio London Late show to confirm that I'm on The Jamoke Fashola Show tonight around 10.15 p.m and they are arranging a taxi home for about 11.30 so I'll have a great chance to "carry the message" and maybe talk to a few listeners too.

It's the Nick Ferrari Breakfast show tomorrow 25th at 9.45 a.m.


Watch these pages for further exciting developments!

More Radio Interviews!

I'm being interviewed about my work and The Book on Monday evening, 24th sometime between 10pm and 2am on the Late Show on BBC Radio London.

Later in the week I'll be on the Nick Ferrari Breakfast Show on LBC.

Happy Easter!

Chatting with Leslie on the Golden Gate!

Leslie called me called me yesterday, from her car as she was on her way to work. Even though we haven't seen each other since we met in California about ten years ago we have kept in touch. She has a wide experience of working with artist's, curating and promotion in the media. She loves the project and the expanding web site too with all its new links and features. We talked and she described the early morning sunshine glistening on The San Fracisco Bay as she drove across the Golden Gate Bridge. Leslie is a Real Golden California Girl with long blonde hair and a vivacious personality. A lovely vision as the freezing rain danced on my roof on a chilly London, late afternoon. We were talking about the book and I told her of The Oprah "project". I was thinking about the thing where we are all six people from anybody in the world ( or whatever that one is) and she said she wasn't sure about Oprah but she could get to Larry King in three. So we are talking again soon!!!
On the subject of our quest for world domination there is a shop on The Isle of Wight who last week bought five books for stock.

We're back after some technical problems!

It's been 3 days since I've been able to post anything, (various technical problems) and there's always something happening with The Book to catch up on.

I remember many of my dreams which are often quite vivid. I know I'm O.K. when I'm dreaming about my work and sometimes I will dream about paintings or sculptures that I haven't made yet which I then go on to use. Many times since the conception of How Cancer Saved My Life (HCSML for future reference) I've had dreams about making the book and it's life out in the world after publication. You know like book signings with no people in strange places and at the other extreme being feted and mobed. Maybe I will talk more about these another time but recently, about a week ago there was one I want to mention. There has been a great response to the book with sales going well and much interest in the press eg. The Independent and radio interviews such as Norfolk local radio and BBC World Service, (see link), my sub conscience obviously has bigger plans, like world awareness for the book. Well after all there is The World on the front cover which signifies it's universal message and appeal! I dreamt that it was Christmas time and I was appearing on the Oprah Winfrey show. It felt warm and good, not a scarey dream but a safe dream.

At one of our lovely meetings with Guy and Nikki, at the publishers BolamRose, last week I said "never mind Richard and Judy and Alan Titchmarsh, what about Oprah? I've had this dream of doing this book which charts how we get The Book on Oprah". Everybody said "GREAT, let's do it!" So this is going to be another strand or plot line to follow in the "Continuing Story" (think Hollywood Film advert voice) of the "Moving and Inspirational Book", that's in my voice of HCSML.

Outlook on BBC World Service

It was fascinating to be taken into the studio in Bush House even though I was a little nervous. I had no preconceptions just going with the flow. I was seated amongst banks of machines, computers, coats and handbags. "you will be going into the studio at 6 minutes past one and when the correspondent finishes talking about blogging in Saudia Arabia, you move in to his seat and then it will be you" That was it. The next thing I knew there was a big red light glowing and Fred Dove, the presenter was asking me, "so how did cancer save your life?" It seemed like only seconds later Fred was winding up the interview. Of course all will be fully revealed in the book, "How Cancer Saved My Life, My BBC Bush House Experience". Anyway all went well and the interview has been published on the BBC site to which there is a link here.

Interview with Fred Dove on BBC World Service

The interview was broadcast in the UK this morning around 10.20 am. There's a link to the programmes web site and you'll see a picture of me posing outside Bush House. In the next 24 hours the interview will be available on the Outlook page, that's if it's not there already. The story of the interview will be on these pages soon! Click here to listen to the broadcast.

"Outlook" on BBC World Service, Interview.

I think the interview will be ready for broadcast tomorrow 11th of March. Just waiting for confirmation and times from the BBC producer, then I will post them.

Outlook on BBC World Service

In anticipation of my interview later on today and as backgound info, I'm going to list some key organisations that I am involved with and are worthy of attention. So I don't have to worry about getting them right! www.cancer-resource-centre.org.uk who are working hard at helping people "live with cancer"(they do this extraordinarily), a strong theme in my book.
www.sharons-trust.org.uk who are doing wonderful work especially in supporting the young, go look at their sights! Then there's www.hospitalarts.co.uk who led by Alex Minton are resposible for my exhibition at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Gallery in The Fulham Road London where I see the arts (not just visual, they have opera singers, singing to the patients etc) fulfilling a powerful role. And there has been an amazing response to The Exhibition which I will get back to later. www.paintingsinhospitals.org.uk is another enlightened organisation who I will be working with over the next five years, (I have to say "God willing" as my Auntie used to say). They provide touring exhibitions for Hospitals throughout the U.K. I will be doing my talks and lectures at many of these hospitals along with other to be announced venues.
O.K. that's it for now next stop Bush House to see BBC World Service!

Independent 4th of March/ life style section

"My very private hell" was the headline for a great feature on my story and The Book, "How Cancer Saved My Life". We've had a fantastic response with orders for the book and a number of inspirational emails and even some hilarious dicussion on at least one web site. The Priest who pronounced the book "A Holy Book of Healing" loved the article too, I forwarded his comments and his "blessings" to the Independent Journalist who was touched and amazed as he said that he rarely got such feedback especially from a Priest.

All sorts of other feedback which I will report on in the future but the main response that I concern myself with this evening is my interview for BBC World Service. A producer from The Outlook programme, which goes out on Monday 10th at 1.30pm and then repeated, contacted me through BolamRose the publisher last Friday. I've been invited to be interviewed about the book, my story and my art, so the whole world will hear all about it. I'm naturally very excited and look forward to reporting on the experience. I'm off to prepare myself for "questioning"!

My friend the Priest

left message saying The book was Holy book of healing.