Last Thursday I was back in Monaco for a fabulous evening at l’Hermitage hotel in Monaco. The evening was organised by Azur productions and thanks to my good friends Kate and Andrew Adams (who without doubt run one of the BEST catering/event organisation companies on the Riviera, the eponymously named Adams & Adams) I found myself enjoying a very glamorous evening in Monaco, meeting lots of new and interesting people.
This was out on the balcony having cocktails before dinner was
served. The weather was lovely but as you can see I kept my coat on due to the
mosquitoes uber attraction to me!!!!
But of course the star of the show was Mr Barry Norman. He
reminisced over some of his memorable and humorous experiences working as a
journalist/presenter. He told a particularly funny story that Denis Thatcher
had relayed to him – so if you ever run in to Barry be sure to ask him about
that one!
I managed to have a good chat with him after the show where we
talked about how things have changed since he retired, the types of presenting
styles that are popular now and most importantly how Dublin is his favourite
international cityJ. He also talked about his other passion: (apart from pickled
onions that is!) cricket. Yes, Barry rates his affection for and
knowledge of the game up there with his knowledge of film – and we know that
that is vast. In fact, he’s just written and published a cricket book entitled:
Photos courtesy of Ed Wright.