Ellee Seymour

I have written a guest post for the erudite Tom Paine on my fear of public speaking and how I am conquering it. You can read it here.

It will be interesting to hear your advice about this, and whether you have any fears which you have overcome, and how.

I shall be glued to the TV for the final episode of Channel 4’s The Search this evening which I was invited to audition for at the last minute. Just as well I didn’t join the team, I know I would have struggled to crack those codes as my best friend is my sat nav.

However, the locations have been breathtaking, and my money is on Saskia whose multi-lingual intelligence is outstanding, as well as her fast thinking brain and agility.  She truly deserves to win.

And please try and watch David Tennant tomorrow evening in the BBC 1 drama Recovery. It describes how his once normal happy life was shattered following an accident which left him with a brain injury - it could happen to any of us at any time.

He spent time learning how ordinary lives are devastated this way with members of Headway in Essex, a charity which I help as a trustee.

*My mother is staying this weekend and I hope to show her the stunning winter garden at Anglesey Abbey near Cambridge, hence the new pics in my photo gallery. it means a light blogging weekend.