Rebel Yoga

My brilliant yogi son Marcus running his cult Rocket Yoga classes.

Me proud mum, as ever. Xxxxx

Rebel yoga in London.... http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/health/rocket-yoga-goes-stratospheric-in-london-9043338.html

http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/health/rocket-yoga-goes-stratospheric-in-london-9043338.html

Coup de Foudre

Wham bam boogie

It's a Coup de Foudre

And possibly coups de foudre too.

Who'da knowed?

Thursday 7th November..lucky for some

Hello Secret Diary I guess it's time I updated you.
As it is my 'secret' input/output it will have to contain a smidgen of inscrutability.

Talking of Japanese... Had a wonderful day with Nippon TV filming me for an upcoming section in their series called "World's Astonishing News".

That's all I'm allowed to say as it is embargoed until release.

But I have my own Astonishing News in that something quite remarkable has happened out of the blue and most unexpected. And this is where the inscrutable remit occurs.


This old silvery bird has been pierced by Cupid's arrow.

(Obviously I've had to blur the lovely fella's features as there are some who stalk my blog who will possibly read all the wrong things into this and may go out of their way to attempt to spoil it for us)

And as it progresses it gets better and we get closer.....

But one must live only in the moment. So no forward plans.
Except to remain happy, optimistic and make sure I have a big belly laugh each day.




Thanks for reading my blog..........

Wow...2.5 million Japanese will be watching me soon - plus George Clooney 多分

Well, well and a big woohoooo...I'm going to be watched by 2.5 million people!!! 

I've been asked to appear on a Japanese TV prog

Check their blurb in their pitch to me: 

"The programme introduces astonishing real-life stories and current affairs from all over the world. Estimated viewers of 2.5 million".

They want to film me being interviewed in my home (think product placement folks, lol) about my rare pancreatic tumour, called an Insulinoma,  which I survived.

Altho ..wait......maybe they're interested in my 'astonishing real-life current affairs' hahahaaaa.........George Cloonery etc (I wish, lol) 

 Click here to see CG filming with the GC (ClooneySwooney)

It's all done with mirrors

OOOh George! you bad boy...... :)

And then back to reality.....

Anyway that'll be THREE progs I'm contributing to in the upcoming months....

2 about my documentary on the Man rescued from the Thames Quicksand and now this medical issue. 
Isn't the internet great? ....people can find you....

The stats are that only up to 4 women in a million in a year in the UK get the sort of tumour I had. I was told by the docs that I was 'one in a million' which I rather enjoyed....before I realised what I was up against. 
However, I believe that it's most likely more like a hundred thousand women who have it........it's rather a silent tumour.... but are misdiagnosed or never correctly diagnosed because not enough (hardly any) research has been done into this rare condition....It's only the size of a pea. . ........

So this is my chance to help the women of the UK .........my sisters......xxxxxxxxxx   Make them aware..........

From the Daily Mail Comments section.....

Thankyou for reading my blog.......X

Greenpeace please petition to get them out of jail

Meanwhile, whilst we're all having a jolly old time please spare a thought (and send an email to the Russian Embassy) for the Greenpeace activists who are holed up in a Russian Jail for trying to save the future of the Arctic.

Petition to help free Greenpeace activists from Russian prison

ISSUES by the Band of Sisters -Album Launch + PP Arnold Pheasantry LIVE

Fabulous album launch last night at the BBC Club.


There was so much joy in the room it seemed that a chorus of love-angels had descended. Such an amazing happy vibe.....

Line up left - right...

Monika Ward, Alison Joy Williams, Mim Grey, 

PP Arnold, 

Lynda Hayes,

The former king of Jingles David Mindel in the middle of his Band of Sisters.

And introducing my new BFF

The awesome PP Arnold (Pat Cole Arnold) 

First Cut is the Deepest

She is just too adorable for words

The Band of Sisters will be Live at the Pheasantry Kings Road Chelsea this Frid and Sat..

To be continued
A soon as I can assemble the videos I shall post up.

Videos herewith, plse click:
PP Arnold LIVE @ Pheasantry & singing First Cut is the Deepest. legend
Gobsmacking performances.......
Guitar Maestro Ray Russell Plus Band of Sisters @ Pheasantry Live

RIP Richard C.Sarafian............Menoirs

Ohmigod........I found a cardboard tube today at the back of a wardrobe and inside was this rolled up pic of Richard C. Sarafian the director of cult film Vanishing Point.

He'd given it to me in 1970-71

So I thought I'd post it on his Farcebook page. 

When I went to his page I saw that he has just died. :(  

How terribly sad.

When I found him again in 2010 on FB I got in touch and here below is the correspondence between us. 

Richard C. Sarafian

• Conversation started 28 February 2010
• 

  28/02/2010 06:08
  

  Cherri Gilham
  

  well well well
  

  omg Richard, it IS you. aka Big Dick from Detroit. (your name for yourself) (But looking incredibly trim these days).

  I re-found you a few years back & we spoke on the phone but you had no recollection of me:(

  I never forgot you. Charismatic man with a wonderful sense of humour. And your pet line was: "I'm just going to straighten out my axe"

  To remind you.......we had a big affair (well.big to me....you were happily married with 5? children & other men's husbands have never really been my thing) when you were doing post-prod on Vanishing Point in London. You rented a mews house behind Grosvenor Sq. We had loads of laughs and you thought I was fuckin funny..which I am!!! LOL

  What a memory I have! I even remember the rope handrail on the stairs in your mews house.!!

  Anyway dear boy, I sincerely hope that life is good for you and that you are happy. I never did breathe a word about us. Even tho a 300lb man on top of me sometimes did leave me breathless!! hahaaaaa

  My very best wishes to you. Cherri x

  PS.....you were the first Armenian I ever met......they're all over the place now;)
• 27 April 2010
• 

  27/04/2010 05:50
  

  Richard C. Sarafian
  

  Big Dick from Detroit!
  

  Big Dick from Detroit has fond memories. How's your son? Your life? We hit a few high notes. I hope the years haven't changed you.

  God bless,

  Richard
• 

  27/04/2010 08:13
  

And so dear Richard has slipped through the departure gates.

RIP dear man...........He was a gorgeous big teddybear of a man.

I have to say, I never understood what he meant when he said he was going to straighten out his axe. What he did actually say was

"I'm going to straighten out my acts" LOL

He was very very funny............xxxxxx

Oh dear! I've just realised what I said in our PM's. I said other men's husbands!!! instead of other women's husbands........Doh! lol

(I WAS very ill at the time.......:)

Richard Sarafian, influential director, dies aged 83