Martel Maxwell
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Martel's debut novel Scandalous (Penguin) is out now. She is a columnist and award-winning journalist (well, several Shaftas).

Martel is also a TV and radio presenter having hosted shows on BBC Radio Scotland and STV. She is a regular pundit on ITV1's Lorraine, Sky News and OK!TV.

And before all that, she trained to be a lawyer.

Blog Entries by Martel Maxwell

Seal, Russell and the Frogs and Princes of Celebrity Men

6 Comments | Posted 28 January 2012 | 28/01/12 00:00

When I last met Seal he asked for my phone number as we concluded the interview. He never called, but given he met Heidi Klum shortly afterwards, I can hardly blame him. For languid-limbed supermodel has more of a ring to it than 5'3" redhead.

Now their marriage is over,...

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Reflections on Burns Night From a Scot Living in London

25 Comments | Posted 25 January 2012 | 25/01/12 00:00

There I was passing a shelf of specially-ordered Burns Night haggises at Waitrose in Canary Wharf when I overheard a woman speaking to her friend.

"Any Scottish people I've known have always been really arrogant and loud," she said in an East End London accent.

"Yeah. Big drinkers too," her...

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The Return of Jodie Marsh

Posted 5 October 2011 | 05/10/11 16:32

There was a time when I saw Jodie Marsh more often than my family or friends. I was a showbiz reporter on The Sun and she, at the height of her fame, would go to the opening of a zip so long as there was a C-list penis or flashing...

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