The 18 year old daughter in my latest book, My Daughter’s Lies is called Ruby, so I’ve done a giveaway on my website blog of this beautiful Ruby coloured sea glass pendant - tap here to read the blog & enter your answer in the comment section 😘😘
I’m on
@qvcuk
at 6pm today for 2 hour’s of diamonds but the sparkler on my left hand won’t be in the show - after 40 years him indoors finally proposed - lovely evening with family &
@DeniseK28
&
@NataliaGray95
💍🎉
This is my sister & her husband, Geoff on their wedding day in September 1968 - both just 17. Yesterday we said goodbye to Geoff. As you can imagine we’re all devastated, especially my sister. One of the kindest most universally loved people
#RIP
💔
#aroughfewmonths
#giveaway
#win
Only 3 more sleeps until Publication Day & to celebrate here’s your chance to get your name on (or should that be in) one of these - 3 signed paperback copies to be won! Just retweet AND like - winners chosen at random on 27.1.21 - UK only -
#books
Good Luck 😘
This is how I feel today… one year ago I was prepped ready to go into theatre for an operation to remove a macro adenoma (growth) from my pituitary gland - so neurosurgery, & I was terrified. 2 brain scans later & no sign of any residual tumour 🤞
#thankful
to Mr. Simon Cudlip💞
This time 27 years ago I was at Marco Polo House as the launch of
@qvcuk
approached. We went on air at 2pm & the rest, as they say is history - so many memories over the years and constantly innovating including the Inside QVC podcast this week with
@debbieflint
#HappyBirthdayQVC
Celebrating our 41st anniversary of living together in the island paradise of Mauritius - the anniversary date will change after our wedding in August which may well happen here 🎉
04/04/80 - The Leisure Hive
STUDIO
BBC TELEVISION CENTRE TC1
7:00 PM
The evening recording session begins.
A rejuvenation-experiment scene, with Eileen Brady and Julia Gaye, is recorded as planned.
There's no time for the scenes with 20 extras playing an army.
#DoctorWho1980
Not only is today my sister’s 69th birthday, it is also 42 years to the day since Chris (my husband😜) and I met.... FORTY-TWO years
#patienceofasaint
😂😂😂🤣 - this pic is not quite that old but definitely early 1980s around the time I did the ‘Woolwich’ ads - watch this space
Seven years ago I was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia - eternally grateful for the research, funded by charities such as
@CureLeukaemia
&
@bloodwise_uk
that have improved both treatment and survival rates 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
#WorldBloodCancerDay
Oh wow! Just seen the Chelsea deliberate handball on
@BBCMOTD
- have to agree with
@CEO4TAG
- what is the point of VAR 🤷🏻♀️ Shame their 1st goal came from an assist by the player who shouldn’t have been on the pitch - another terrible decision
#CryChe
For those of you, like me, who miss your dad every day but particularly on day’s like this just remember the good times you had together. And if you’re lucky enough to still have your dad, treasure each precious moment
#HappyFathersDay
#alwayssmiling
What a gorgeous welcome back to
@qvcuk
- thanks
@katyptv
and to my bosses upstairs... see you live on the Style Channel at 3 pm for an hour of
@KimCoInc
fashion 😘😘 (my first hour as a Mrs) then at 4pm with
@AlisonCork
& the TSV xx
This time3 weeks ago I was on a flight to Mexico, going on hols & this time last week I was about to undergo ankle surgery - fortunately one prepared me for the other, although I could have done without the post-op cough & streaming cold 🤧 Next week the hard work begins
#physio
It will be soooooo difficult not to hug
@alisonoreilly74
when she joins me live on
@qvcuk
at 1pm tomorrow for her 1st ‘studio’ show since her leukaemia diagnosis 18months ago - just look at that smile 😄
#diamoniqueday
This time 8 weeks ago I was just coming round after ankle surgery - the world has changed unbelievably since then. I hope you are all keeping safe and remember
@qvcuk
is still broadcasting if you need some company and a break from the news
#qvcalwayswithyou
😘😘
I’m so happy that I can finally share this good news 😊 The series is a bit different for me... think psychological thriller/detective series crossover but still with the same twists and turns that I love to put in my plots. Exciting & busy times ahead 📝📝📝📝
#amwriting
WOOHOO! SOOOO VERY EXCITED TODAY to welcome TV presenter and author
@JuliaRobertsTV
to the Bookouture family!
We shall be bringing you three books in a new detective series the first of which will be in July 2019.
Read more along with reactions below:
Meet Josie - my 96 year old mum filmed when she was down at
#Christmas2022
- our
@qvcuk
today is
@AeroPilates
- although she doesn’t use my machine, her msg is ‘age is not an illness’ - join me live at 1pm - the TSV is on 5 easypays 😘
So.... having a shower is bad enough with a broken left side (arm & ankle) but getting in and out of the bath??? I was determined to have a proper soak in my
@MoltonBrownUK
Heavenly Gingerlily part of tonight’s TSV on
@qvcuk
so with a tremendous effort we did it - thanks husband
Watching
@Kathytaylerqvc
doing her final show on
@qvcuk
- I don’t know how she’s feeling, but I’m feeling a bit emotional 🥲 Have a wonderful retirement Kathy - I will miss you terribly 😘😘😘
The last day at
@qvcuk
old studios in Battersea, June 6th 2012 - I was 2 months into my treatment for chronic myeloid leukaemia which I had kept to myself. 5 of the people pictured are still at QVC... me, Maxine, Arvind, Natasa & Alisa
#memories
#missedfriends
@VanessaRidley
@RachelWardbooks
I am so with you on that - my mum is 93 & occasionally experiences the same thing - not everyone is computer literate, but no need to punish those who aren’t
I’d forgotten this was coming out today... too busy relaxing in sunny
#Mexico
- a lovely 2 page spread in Bella magazine & we look a lot happier on the cover than
#Harrymeghan
... anyone remember ‘tooty frooties’ (autocorrect had fun with that 😂😂😂🤣)
26 years of my life - in some ways it has gone so quickly but boy hasn’t it been a fabulous ride - Happy Birthday to us this coming Tuesday October 1st 🎉🍾🥂
Oh dear
#Strictly
- anyone else think the
@BBC
have lost some credibility - clearly not a decision based on dancing ability. Well done
@CraigRevHorwood
for having the courage to do the right thing 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
My
#Caturday
post - beautiful Poppy, gone for over 2 years but in my heart forever... so lovely to be reminded of her ‘voice’. A messy eater towards the end of her 22 years, taking food from her bowl & eating off the floor but we didn’t mind
#catlovers
#GoneButNeverForgotten
So
#mothersday2020
is a bit different - I stopped him indoors from going out to the florist for my usual bouquet but how gorgeous are these daffodils picked from our garden & they smell lovely too
#makingthemostofit
Can I just remind cyclists that traffic lights apply to you too - red means stop, even if you can’t see the car that is going through their green traffic light - really shook me up & I’d have felt terrible if there had been a collision & you’d been badly hurt 🚦🚦
#rulesarerules
Look who is joining me via video link for an hour of Diamonique sparkle - welcome back to
@qvcuk
to the inspirational
@alisonoreilly74
- we have some stunning new designs & Christmas gift ideas ... on in 2 minutes
#ad
It was my son’s birthday yesterday & he came for lunch for his girlfriend & their puppy… someone enjoyed helping with the present opening 😂😂😂
#dachshund
#dog
#MightyQuin
- who me?
10 years ago today, I took a phone call
@qvcuk
that potentially saved my life. Following an ‘unusual’ blood test result during a 360 health check, I was told to see a haematologist as a matter of urgency. Don’t ignore your body
#overwhelming
#fatigue
1 sign of
#CML
#Leukemia
Yesterday was my daughter’s birthday. I’ve been making her chocolate birthday cakes with Smartie decorations since she was 2 years old but
@NestleCare
what has happened to the orange ones? Only 1 in 4 packs 😢
#Orange
ones are the best 😢
#smarties
It’s
#October
- pinch punch first of the month 🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇 & thank you to my family for the flowers & card to celebrate my 29 years
@qvcuk
… this time 29 years ago….
Feeling truly loved & a little bit spoilt with this gorgeous birthday cake & great picture made of tiny jewels which is so like our cat, Wilfie... birthday over for another year 🥰
Two weeks today it’s my birthday, three months today it’s our wedding... and I appear to have done very little in terms of preparation, too busywriting 📝📝📝📝📝
#queserasera
If only we still sold AVEDA! I still use it & I recognise my old hairdresser, Marcus, as the guest presenter... happy days😊 You 2 look sooooooo young x
"In this dance we have a very special moment, and I'm doing it for the deaf community." 💖 So much power in the silence of Rose and Giovanni's routine.
#Strictly
@RoseAylingEllis
@pernicegiovann1
I think this the 1st non-family gathering I’ve been to since Covid started - it was nice to be ‘out out’ at my publisher
@bookouture
‘s author get together
So,
@qvcuk
is 25 years old in October but do you remember the early days? Were you even aware it existed in 1993? My blogs in the run-up to the anniversary will feature a year by year account from my perspective - this week 1993/94
I have a theory re
#LineofDutyFinale
- they shot a different ending to enable a 7th series once the popularity of this series began to escalate- there, I’ve said it... it’s the only explanation I can think of for that underwhelming episode
My
#ThrowbackThursday
today is tinged with sadness - these photos are from 47 years ago... my 1st summer season in Guernsey with a recently formed double act called Cannon & Ball
#RIPBobbyBall
- so shocked to hear this news 😢
‘Was I a good boy in
#Brighton
today, Glamma?’ Quin is asking.
A lovely unexpected guest to help me celebrate having survived 10 years since my CML diagnosis - a tradition missed for the past 2 years due Covid 🐶🐶
#Dachshunds
This morning started with a puncture, dreadful traffic & the road outside my ankle consultant’s clinic closed for resurfacing - good job I’m better on my crutches! But it all improved from there - X-ray good so can start to leave air boot off & wear ankle brace
#progress
Are you watching Alan Carr’s Epic Game Show - tonight it’s The Price is Right & here is one of the original hostesses 😜 Yep, yours truly circa 1984
#thepriceisright
#comeondown
memories
@DeniseK28
Yes or no to
#Christmas
cake? First time Chris & I have decorated ours in 30 odd years- usually the kids or our mums - & done late on
#ChristmasEve
( as you can probably tell 😂🤣) but tastes soooo good. Favourite bit?
Fruit cake?
Marzipan?
Icing?
Doesn’t look like that now 😜
Today’s the day....
#LittleGirlMissing
is out in the big wide world and I must confess to feeling nervous and excited in equal measure. If it’s already landed on your
#Kindle
I’d love to hear what you think of DCI Rachel Hart in her first case
So
@Dawn_French
tweeted ‘dog on a post’ this morning with a beautiful seaside backdrop! I can’t match the scenery, but how handsome is ‘cat on a post’?
#wilfie
💗💖💕
What a day to be an England fan - I can honestly say that was one of the most enjoyable
#England
games I have ever watched - our manager nailed it!
#GarethSouthgate
⚽️🏴🥳👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Today is a World CML Day. Thanks to huge advances in the treatment of blood cancers most Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia patients now survive and live a near normal life... I’m one of them. Thanks
@bloodwise_uk
&
@CureLeukaemia
for the funds raised for research 👏🏻👏🏻
So I’m not a rugby fan but I am an England fan .... couldn’t watch most of
#ENGvNZL
cos I was too nervous (& also I don’t understand the rules) BUT what an IMMENSE victory 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
#soproud
This video of me cleaning Wilfie’s teeth was meant to be on my
@qvcuk
blog this week, but we had a few gremlins so I popped it on here instead ... genuinely, he thinks he’s getting a treat
#lovethiscat
#GoodBoy
#smile
#CatsOfTwitter
Don’t adjust your sets - I’m back on
@qvcuk
today for Fashion on Friday wearing the same outfit as yesterday cos I LOVE it - Wynne Layers with
@melishardystyle
Decisions, decisions… New York or John O Groats? BTW, I’m a walking ad for
@qvcuk
fashion -
@SKECHERS_UK
@CuddlDuds
top, Centigrade coat and DG jeans (from a few years ago). Loving Cornwall 🥰
Love this photo from 2 years ago taken seconds before I was The Woman on the Beach… literally sprawling in the sand in my beautiful wedding dress
#Mauritius
Happy Anniversary to the kindest most supportive husband a woman could have - except when he dropped me 🤣🤣
#happytimes
So, not quite such sunny weather today in Mauritius 😱 but it has meant I’ve done plenty of writing on book 10 & now I’m looking forward to lunch at the Buddha-bar beach restaurant
@SugarBeachMru
😋