020 3795 1806. info@knightayton.co.uk. Nyaruach also went public with her life story in War Child, the award-winning documentary focusing on her brothers time as a child soldier. NOW! Morriss essays, biographies and novels, including intimate portraits of Trieste, Oxford, New York, Hong Kong and Venice, have shaped our idea of what it is to go abroad, and what it is to belong. Transgender singer Ava strikes a more melancholic note with her number 'Strictly a He-male Female' providing a sharp reminder that the outlook for trans women was far from rosy in 1969. 3. The epitaph of the scholar, suffragist and political activist reads: you have brought uncommon glory to women of all time., The 46-year-old Swiss explorer first ran away from home aged six, heading into the woods with her backpack and her fathers dog Sultan. He is also a creative director of Zeppotron. Author of over 75 cookbooks, Mary Berry has also hosted several culinary shows, such as Mary Berry Cooks. Iraqs second city is under siege, and Iranian shells slammed into houses for the 70th successive day yesterday, she typed in 1987. Accompanied only by three Amazigh Muslim men and their camels, Scottish explorer Alice Morrison set off to find a hidden . document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 2023 Grub Smith. She is known for co-hosting series like Light Lunch and Mel & Sue. Her motto was No Uncle Tom stuff for me. She says she carried hummous sandwiches in her packed lunch, while a classmate brought peanut butter and jam; she imagined theirs would be disgusting, but when she tried it, she thought it was heavenly (a story she wrote down and turned into a childrens book, The Sandwich Swap). A rooted New Yorker in every way, down to her immigrant parents (Costas mother is from Maharashtra, her father from Karnataka in India), the Tiffany & Co Chief Sustainability Officer isnt just sitting comfortably with her feet up on a Fifth Avenue mahogany desk. For years, Black women have consistently brought lively, joyful energy to UK airwaves - via the likes of Choice FM DJ Jenny Francis, Capital Xtra breakfast presenters Yinka and Shayna Marie,. Paul Hollywood is also a motor racer. It was documented in National Geographic, then in her book Tracks (which she wrote at the London home of novelist Doris Lessing) and on the big screen, in the Golden Lion-nominated film starring Mia Wasikowska. In 2011 she made a welcome return to the Sky Sports News desk where she continues to work today. Anthony Crank Best known for his presenting work on Channel 4's T4 and MTV, as well as BBC Holiday, Crank has also been the celebrity editor for numerous magazines including OK!, Mizz and More. But in time she began tackling the subject of homeland, the same way shed approached writing guidebooks (on Ivory Coast, Guinea, Madagascar, Benin, Ghana and Togo for Lonely Planet and Rough Guides) and writes that she came to love many things about Nigeria: our indigenous heritage, the dances, the masks, the music, the baobab trees and the drill monkeys. Ive explored our darkest corners through pain and fear, she says, and I deal with the things that we dont want to deal with because thats what makes you powerful.. But her extreme single-mindedness to protect the animals and her unpredictable ways isolated her. Today we have gathered the most beautiful TV presenters all over the world in one place. At the end of the war, Bell was pivotal in drawing up the borders of modern-day Iraq and shaping the country's politics. 1. British historian and author Lucy Worsley is not just a curator at the charity Historic Royal Palaces, but is also a famed TV presenter, popular for her work on series such as A Very British Murder and If Walls Could Talk. He is passionate but tends to ramble on and on and on. Yes! Nadiya Hussain is a British TV chef, television presenter, and author. The BBC has over 200 correspondents based both in the United Kingdom and abroad. Oneika The Traveller From small-town middle-class Mexico, her only travels as a child were once a year to Disneyland in Los Angeles but she was inspired to go further after reading the novels of Emilio Salgari, who painted a picture of places that struck my imagination. In our blog posts, you'll find guides and information on the more under-the-radar destinations such as Cheshire, the Isle of Man, and Lincolnshire, as well as the popular spots such as London, Edinburgh, The Cotswolds, Dorset, Devon and Cornwall. Hers was a life on the road, as seen in the portraits of Mongolian horse trainers, Chinese factory workers, Cuban prostitutes and political prisoners in Russia. He has also worked with the Discovery Channel and the National Geographic Channel. And shes still living on a boat. His passion for cars provided him with an opportunity to become a TV presenteran inspiring story indeed. She overturned social conventions smoking cigarettes, heading out without a chaperone and had plans to establish a flying school and teach the Negro to fly so they will able to serve their country better, but she died before her dream could be realised. On D-Day, Gellhorn managed to get ashore while the rest of the press corps including Hemingway watched from the sea through binoculars. Relationships soured with the local community, with fellow researchers and conservationists. In July 1937, she vanished over the Pacific. She went back to school to study fine-art photography, while following her husband with their family to more than 100 countries. I am an Arab through and through, says the queen consort of Jordan, but I am also one who speaks the international language. Palestinian by nationality, Rania was born in Kuwait, spent her summers visiting relatives in the West Bank, spoke Arabic at home and English at school. The rest of the time theyre on the road posting for their millions of Instagram followers. Conflict was what made this striking beauty tick. Menu In 1963, this Russian cosmonaut blasted off in the Vostok 6 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, becoming the first woman in space at only 26. She writes hoping her readers too will consider choosing an adventure of the spirit. Ewan McGregor/Charley Boorman. Female TV Presenters and Television Personalities - Knight Ayton. For the life of me, I cant figure out if his dislike of travel is an act. But she managed to notch up the miles on the cheap exploring the US in her 1979 Chevy LUV pickup called Myrtle, which she fitted out with a twin-sized futon. She fled to Khartoum but was repeatedly sexually abused by her employers. Chris is also a major contributor to auto magazines such as Evo and Autocar. 8. She writes: I have never forgotten the exact spot, on a steep hill near Lismore, where this decision was made. Martha Gellhorn In her fearless career as a war correspondent, Martha Gellhorn (born in Missouri in 1908) produced some of the best travel writing of the 20th century. Hi friends!! Theyve been selling out, sometimes 5,000 seats in one day, she says. Professor Kate Williams Kate is a Professor of Public Engagement With History at The University of Reading, but you will probably recognise her from her numerous TV appearances (including The Quizeum. A proud kiwi who is now #DesertQueenGoneGreen as I repatriate back into NZ, bringing with me global diversity and resilience. Franklin D Roosevelts wife Eleanor so admired the chain-smoking war correspondents work that she invited her to live in the White House, which Gellhorn actually did for a while. The impressive collection A Writer's World: Travels 19502000 reflects the life of a compulsive traveller, although during the final stages of her life before she sadly passed away in November 2020, she was mostly ensconced in her converted stable home in north-west Wales, tired of taking my shoes off at airports. Nina Hossain, 45 (right) was . Martha Kelner (Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday). He had a successful YouTube series, Chris Harris on Cars, which was later moved to the Top Gear website. The voyage went ahead in 2010, commencing in Gibraltar. There she met the palaeontologist Louis Leakey who gave her the opportunity to work as a chimpanzee researcher, even fast-tracking her place at Cambridge so she would be qualified. She was first woman to notch up the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on each continent. Our 'Women Who Travel' Facebook Group 120k-strong and growing fast helped select the final line-up. To stay healthy critical in this line of work she pops loads of vitamins, drinks gallons of water and to avoid coughs and colds uses Uber rather than public transport (regrettably, she adds). When away on assignment she would queue for hours to phone her son. If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given, she said. She died a year later. Her lectures are near-evangelistic, often provoking tears and ovations. He hardly had cause, given that Tereshkova was game enough to continue the odd tradition he had started of peeing on the tyre of the transfer bus to the launch pad. She has been described as one of the few representatives of His Majestys Government remembered by the Arabs with anything resembling affection. May is known for co-presenting the popular factual television show Top Gear alongside Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson. You dont have to be motorcycle obsessed like our very own Bots to enjoy the duos epic motorcycle journeys Long Way Round and Long Way Down. Over the course of the voyage, the pair collected more than 6,000 botanical samples from around the world, disembarking the ship in Mauritius the circumstances unclear to continue their botanical studies. Not like those women I saw in France (he had served in Europe during World War I). With her new husband Tony, they hit the hippie trail and backpacked from the UK to Australia in the early 1970s a wholly different time when Kabul was a must-see, many of Thailands beaches were still undiscovered and Bali had but a few rudimentary hostels. They are the ultimate buddy movies and the backdrops are unreal. Alex Kramer of QVC UK. He is credited with making Top Gear one of the most successful shows in the UK. She stated in her autobiography that he had dated Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. Also known for his charity work, Pilkington designed and signed a card to benefit the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children. Born in France in 1740, Baret was the first woman to circumnavigate the globe disguised as a man, of course; at the time women were forbidden on French navy ships. We've also thrown in guides on where to find the best boutique hotels, beautiful places and . Ship journals are contradictory, but there is some suggestion she pronounced herself a eunuch when suspicions were raised about her gender; other accounts hint at violence and rape. They divorced, but she continued to run the farm, now single-handedly, fighting drought, fire and creditors. First rate football reporter. Right IconThis ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet. Working as a truck driver, photographer and stenographer to save for flying lessons, she secured her license and bought a yellow bi-plane she named The Canary, going on to break records, from highest altitude climbs to fastest flights. His ability to verbally and poetically share his ideas and experiences with the viewer is uncanny. Weather Presenter Becky Mantin Credit: ITV Weather. About Us. What followed were 518 days alone on the 38ft, two-masted Guppy, fitting in her homework and learning to play the flute to pass the time. Later, while working as a manicurist at the White Sox Barber Shop in Chicago, she saw pictures in the newspapers of airforce pilots and started to dream. The former Country Living magazine editor fronted the show for five years and was also known for. Mittermeier went on to study marine biology, imagining it would be more about pirate ships and swimming with dolphins than the realities of fisheries and exploitation, a strange start for a woman who now runs SeaLegacy, the powerful ocean conservation non-profit. In 2017, he took part in a race at Circuit of the Americas. Our directors, Steve andJane, have many years of experience within the presenting industry and have forged close relationships with some of the most well-known corporate presenters and TV broadcasters on the circuit both here in the UK and overseas. His ability to share his experience through the camera lens with just body language and facial expressions is unequaled. After an aristocratic upbringing in Denmark, schooled there and in Switzerland, Blixen and her Swedish second cousin, Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke, moved to Kenya, marrying in Mombasa before heading to the Rift Valley to learn Swahili and set up a coffee plantation: Here at long last one was in a position not to give a damn for all conventions, here was a new kind of freedom which until then one had only found in dreams! The dream faded, though Blixen grew weary of her husbands long hunting trips and affairs, perhaps contracting syphilis from him, which she suffered from throughout her life. A former ballet dancer, Debbie McGee worked as an artistic director for three years in her own ballet company. Her charity, the Jordan River Foundation helps rural women find a way to sell their traditional crafts: Queen Rania likes to quote the African proverb: As you educate a woman, you educate the family, she says. She spends at least half of the year on the road, personally overseeing her projects for the Tiffany & Co Foundation: opposing a proposed mine on Alaskas Bristol Bay that would sit at the headwaters of one of the worlds greatest salmon fisheries and leading journalists to the Great Barrier Reef to raise awareness of ocean conservation. She currently presents for BBC Sport, Channel 4, BT Sport and Good Morning Sunday on BBC Radio 2. SJA Young Sports Writer of the Year 2012. One of her brothers teased her: You aint never goin to fly. 51 Sinead McIntyre, Kelly Holmes, Karren Brady,. She then became an activist, released an autobiography, and created a documentary. (Tied) Ian Wright and Simon Reeve. Fascinated by tales of migration, she followed Christopher Columbuss route through the West Indies, the Spanish conquistadores crusades into South America and Ferdinand Magellans voyage from Spain to the Philippines, as well as covering World War I from the trenches of France. This 42-year-old Nigerian writer grew up in Surrey, which she describes as a bountiful paradise of Twix bars and TV cartoons and leylandii trees, far removed from the heat and chaos of Nigeria where you see machine guns, tuxedos, army fatigues and evening frocks together at an airport. Her book Looking for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria, is a brave first foray into travel literature; Noos father Ken Saro-Wiwa, who campaigned against government corruption, was executed by the military dictatorship of his country in 1995. Irish radio and TV broadcaster, Terry Wogan, is remembered for his long career with BBC. Great British Presenters can help! 9. By Michelle Jana Chan, Sovfoto/Universal Images Group/REX/Shutterstock, Photo by Graham Harrison/REX/Shutterstock, University of Florida Bob Campbell collection, Cristoforo Dall'Acqua / Wikimedia Commons, Tony/Maureen Wheeler and Richard I'Anson / Lonely Planet Images, This film camera was my best travel purchase last year, I took Uniqlo's viral 15 bag on holiday and here's my verdict, facebook.com/groups/womenwhotraveltheworld. Tereshkova orbited the planet 48 times and flew 1.2 million miles (barely eating, she says, because the tube-fed food was so disgusting). Open Thread Media, LLC The king of travel shows. One of the most popular television interviewers of all time, Frost interviewed eight British prime ministers and seven American presidents in office. Andrew Zimmern. Working at odd hours, always being bright, beautiful and presentable, having a confident personality and possessing knowledge about everything under the sun are traits of a television presenter. Best known for her work on BBC productions like Blue Pete, English television presenter Helen Skelton is also a trained lap dance teacher and an adventurer, who kayaked the entire length of River Amazon to raise fund for Sports Relief 2020. Our TV presenters are all true professionals who have years of experience within the industry, so know how to entice an audience, and they feel more than confident on camera too. She was a beguiling conversationalist, husky in voice (she smoked constantly) and with a piercing gaze, and above all was a luminous and prolific writer of books that set travel hearts racing, nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature twice; when Ernest Hemingway won, he suggested it should have gone to her. She also owns a foundation to help burn victims and has hosted Bodyshockers. She also reminds everyone that every second inhalation we take comes from the ocean. Apart from being a media personality, Amanda Holden is also known for her charity work; in 2018, she posed as a mermaid underwater as part of a PETA awareness campaign against the SeaWorld. As a result, many of our female presenters are also multilingual, such as SKY sports presenter Orla Chennaoui and BBC news journalist Maryam Moshiri. Amelia Earhart once toasted her, saying I felt an upstart compared to Miss Peck. Oprah Winfrey even relaunched her Book Club in part to share Strayeds intelligently, elegantly written memoir. She is a content creator, who founded the female owned content house in 2012: OhThePeopleYouMeet (OTPYM . Ive never found my sex a hinderment; never faced a difficulty which a woman, as well as a man, could not surmount; never felt a fear of danger; never lacked courage to protect myself. Adams helped found the Society of Women Geographers after being refused entry to the men-only Explorers Club despite a lifetime spent on the road. People ask me: are you scared? The television presenter Julia Bradbury has announced she has breast cancer, and urged other women to check their breasts and seek help if they notice any changes. Jim Brooman GIA AJP. Half-way up, I rather proudly looked at my legs, slowly pushing the pedals around, and the thought came: If I went on doing this for long enough, I could get to India. That journey, 20 years later, was documented in Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle, passing through Afghanistan (where she says she became Afghanatical, describing the country as a man after my own heart) and Pakistan (where she was a guest of the last Wali of Swat Miangul Aurangzeb). Michaela Guzy is an American media executive, entrepreneur, producer + on-air show host. Record-breaking free divers, ground-breaking royalty, and celebrities whose roles extend beyond the big screen. 19/04/2016 04:15pm BST. His complex, neurotic, anti-establishment turned semi-sellout persona is clearly exhibited in every episode. 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