hollyoaks

The Incredible Survivor Who Broke The Silence

July 16, 2014

Early this week Hollyoaks character John Paul McQueen broke the six-month silence, which has followed him being raped by one of his high school pupils. The storyline has been an emotionally harrowing one. From the moment John Paul took his first [...]

The Single Quote – Jeremy Sheffield

July 15, 2014

This week’s featured famous singleton is Jeremy Sheffield – star of Hollyoaks, The Wedding Date, Holby City and, for anyone born in the eighties, Natalie Imbruglia’s ‘Torn’ video! Jeremy is 48, and very happy and [...]

The Single Quote – Modupe Adeyeye

July 10, 2014

Early this week I was on the set of Hollyoaks, where I was lucky enough to interview one of the show’s newest cast members. Former Eastenders actress Modupe Adeyeye now plays Blessing Chambers in the Chester-based soap. You’ll be able [...]

30 Dates – Year One – Day 365

July 7, 2014

It’s quarter to midnight, and I’m sitting in the bar of a luxurious hotel, in a city I’ve never visited before. I’m wearing the same polkadot dress which I wore twelve months ago on my ill-fated date with the Henley [...]

How 30 Dates Has Changed My Life – A Month in The Life of Miss Twenty-Nine

June 12, 2014

When people say something ‘changed their life’, I appreciate it’s often an exaggeration. However, as I sit here typing this, my life couldn’t be much more different to the one I was living a year ago. In two weeks time, I move to London. I [...]

The Single Quote – Nikki Sanderson

May 21, 2014

As most of you will know, last week I drove up to Liverpool to the Hollyoaks set to interview Nikki Sanderson and Jeremy Sheffield – the stars of the soap’s current domestic abuse story line. In the run up to the interview, while I was [...]

Domestic Abuse in Your Living Room – An Interview with Jeremy Sheffield and Nikki Sanderson

May 18, 2014

As I begin writing this post, I’m in Liverpool, on the set of my favourite soap, Hollyoaks. Out of the window to my left, I can see the rusting boat, home of the Savage family, and on my way in through the studios, I walked past the Dog and [...]