Author Sophie Neville appearing on CBBC TV

Sophie Neville

Sophie Neville appeared on CBBC TV's new series 'Cinemaniacs', talking about her first film 'Swallows & Amazons' - as described in her memoir Funnily Enough.

Sir Ian McKellen, Helen Lederer and Michael Sheen also appear on the show presented by the popular vlogger Oli White.

Also talking about their first film were:
Asa Butterfield ~ 'The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas' who went on to star in 'Hugo' and is currently filming 'Peregrine's Home for Peculiars'.

Helena Barlow ~ known for playing Sour Susan in 'Horrid Henry' and Estella in 'Great Expectations'.

Matthew Lewis ~ who played Neville Longbottom in all eight Harry Potter movies who is about to appear as Branwell Bronte in 'The Brontes'.

Theo Stephenson ~ 'Horrid Henry' now playing Toby in the TV series 'Humans'

Madeline Harris ~ who played Judy Brown in 'Paddington'

Sydeny Isitt-Ager ~ who played Sadie in 'Nativity'

as well as Hattie Gotobed, her sister Melissa Gotobed and brother Rohan Gotobed who have appeared in many recent films.

Click here to watch the show on i-Player

'Funnily Enough' in the December issue of IBelieve, the Christian Lifestyle Magazine

The last extract in a series that has spanned eleven months,

when I have often been given a line on the front cover:

More stores of Mum and her tame otters

It was another hot summer, 22 years ago - and Mum and the otters were still keeping me entertained during my recovery from CFS ~

You can subscribe to the iBelieve print magazine at www.newlifepublishing.co.uk

This month's cover story features former US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice ~

Memories of my sister's wedding, in the August issue of iBelieve ~

The International Rubery Book Award-winning read, featured in iBelieve magazine, August 2013

The cover of iBelieve magazine, August 2013 - to subscribe or order, click here

'Funnily Enough' - now an Award-winning book by Sophie Neville

Mum, Dad and their tame otters

My parents have kept tame otters since about 1980.

Over the years they have collected quite a few stories about them.

They are very inquisitive,

love eggs

and playing in the hay.

but most of all, they love being loved.

They appeared on CBBC TV in 'Wild' one Saturday morning recently
and will be at the Royal Welsh Show all this week 

These beautiful photographs were taken recently for a feature in the Sunday Telegraph

Please click here for the article published on 21st July 2013 

Mum is to appear in the new film 'Summer in February'

Dan Stevens, Daphne Neville and Dominic Cooper
on location during the filming of 'Summer in February'

The movie 'Summer in February' opens with a scene on a Cornish cliff top that features my mother as a bird-watcher. She tells me that she looks just like her mother on screen.

'Summer in February', stars Dominic Cooper as the turn-of-the-century artist AJ Munnings, Emily Browning as Florence Carter-Wood his wife and Dan Stevens as Gilbert Evans.

The film is beautifully photographed by Andrew Dunn, who funnily enough was the lighting cameraman when I worked on the crew of the BBC drama serial 'My Family and Other Animals' made on location in Corfu. He had a house near ours in the Cotswolds and knows all about my mother's kitchen.

'Dominic Cooper is horrid,' she declared.

'Really horrid? Horrid in real life?'

'Oh, no. Horrid as the character. In real life he couldn't be sweeter. He has a lovely smile.'

You won't see Mum on the trailer but it is beautiful ~



To read a little about Dan Stevens' next film please click here.