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So the Olympics opening ceremonies are now a year away, with the Paralympics following 44 days after. Whatever my feelings on the event now, when the bid for the games was announced I was overjoyed. In fact I volunteered to help the bid team by demonstrating how the games would
Read More about Too Close For Comfortby Mik Scarlet
I spent the weekend encoding and uploading a pile of old video clips from my TV presenting career, as well as editing a new showreel. I’ve now got that online too, and here it is…. What was really weird was having to sit and watch myself presenting, especially as the
Read More about Showreel-tasticby Mik Scarlet
At the minute I am transferring some of my previous TV work into the digital domain so I can up load it on to You Tube, in the hope that it might get me back into the media. While most of what I did was really very good, even if
Read More about With age comes wizdom… or what was I like?by Mik Scarlet
After a crazy few weeks rehearsing for and performing in the Graeae Theatre Company’s production of Rhinestone Rollers – Wheels On Broadway I thought I deserved a day off. As I sat flicking through the channels on my Sky+ I stumbled upon an episode of a favourite show from my
Read More about We come a short way baby!by Mik Scarlet
So on the same day that it was announced that hate crimes against disabled people has risen from 40 in 2005 to 130 this year, Sir Terry Pratchett fronts his program “Choosing to Die”. Now I think you all know what I think about the assisted suicide debate, but I
Read More about Hate Crime – Cripples Fight Backby Mik Scarlet
Recently I went down to Parliment as part of the delgation that handed in my home town of Luton’s application to be made a city as part of the Queen’s jubliee. I felt it was time to give something back to a place that I have come to understand played
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