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In the summer of 2018 I went to SKY Television to meet Jacquie Beltrao for my bowel cancer fundraising book, The Record. At the time she was in remission from breast cancer and heading for five years being cancer clear. Jacquie’s cancer returned in 2020 as stage 4 breast cancer and anyone who follows her on social media will know how incredibly tough life has been for her during her treatment. She recently had clear scans which is amazing news. Since being diagnosed in 2013 Jacquie has helped raise awareness about breast cancer and worked with and supported breast cancer charities.
For the chapter in The Record we spoke about her cancer, and about her life going back to her successful career as a gymnast going to the Olympics to her career as a sports journalist with SKY. The story she told me of how she ended up in front of the camera is fascinating and like everyone in the book she told me about the first record that she bought, and hers is one I also own and an absolute classic album from 1979.
I am extremely grateful to Jacquie for her support with The Record. I began work on the book shortly after my mum died of bowel cancer in 2016, and it took me almost 3 years to complete the book which was published in 2019. It has raised over £1000 for Bowel Cancer UK. As well as Jacquie the book features many people from the the world of television, media, sport and music as well some truly inspirational people affected by cancer.
The Record Charity Book
My new bowel cancer fundraising book is out now.
Following Mum’s death in 2016 I spent two and a half years travelling all over Great Britain meeting and photographing a variety of famous people, as well some inspirational people affected by cancer for The Record. Each person taking part has told me about the first record that they bought, and all have been willing to help raise awareness about bowel cancer, which is Britain’s second-biggest cancer killer.
The Record is dedicated to the memory of my mother, Jennifer Darvell, who died of bowel cancer on 29 August 2016. All funds raised are donated to Bowel Cancer UK.
The book features Kevin Sheedy, Eddie Gray, Christine Ohuruogu MBE, Carl Hester MBE, Anne Usher MBE, Jeanette Chippington MBE, Zac Purchase-Hill MBE, Rupert Moon, Kelly Smith, Deborah Alsina MBE, Gina and Esmée Shergold, Deborah Louise James, Steve Clark, Dilek Ercos, Lauren Backler, Deborah James, Dafydd Wyn Farr-Jones, Olivia Rowlands, Greg Gilbert and Stacey Heale, Richard and Sarah Haugh, Nicole Cooper, Gillian Wood, Susan George, Gaby Roslin, Nicola Bryant, Victoria Derbyshire, Jim Rosenthal, Nick Robinson, Bill Turnbull, Siân Lloyd, Matt Allwright, Gail Porter, Sean Fletcher, Jacquie Beltrao, David Baddiel, Lucy Porter, Basil Brush, Janet Ellis, Gregg Wallace, Colin Murray, Laura Boyd, Gareth Jones, Daniel Norcross, Natalie Germanos, Mike Selvey, Andrew White, Ian McMillan, Billy Ocean, Kim Wilde, Frank Turner, John Coghlan, Steve Norman and Sabrina Winter, Hazel O’Connor, Steve Hackett, Jules Peters, Steve “Smiley” Barnard, James Stevenson, Amy Macdonald, Jeremy Cunningham, Skinny Lister, Justin Sullivan, Rick Witter, Biff Byford, The Tearaways, and Ryan Hamilton.
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As well as the paperback and hardback editions in my online store, The Record is also available on Amazon as an ebook.
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