BBC’s ‘HomeFront Heroes’ took me to Bletchley Park to discover my mother’s secret intelligence work in HUT D. I also learned about my Czech grandfather who posed as a German officer at Trent Park where he was a ‘secret listener’ in WW2.

Not my finest silhouette I grant you but at least I was going in the right direction #swmmingfrock

Oh boy…this was an UNUSUAL departure …

A wonderful film - secrets that came out that have never left me… A different kind of Reality TV but very real.
This was my very moving visit to Auschwitz, during the making of War Hero in my Family, tracing the history of my father and grandfather when they came to England

Reading a recipe is where you sing ‘cheese cakey’ in top C

I loved being in the snug with Welsh people singing nicely and also loudly - S4C's Reality TV for Guardian readers involving Learning Welsh and Glamping.

I remember the matching pink suitcases of my fellow traveller … and having to vote people OFF oh noooo