Career
She was born in 1965 in the London Borough of Southwark, on the same day as Anne McElvoy, another broadcaster (occasionally on Radio 3). She studied drama at Clarendon College in Nottingham (now part of New College Nottingham). Her broadcasting career started at Trent FM, in Nottingham, in 1984, originally as a newsreader but eventually working on a broad range of projects.
She took the late-night show on the opening night of Groupe d'Economie Mondiale-Department of Administration and Management (Great East Midlands-Department of Administration and Management, or Classic Gold Groupe d'Economie Mondiale).
Classic FM
She moved to Independent Radio News, in 1994, and joined Classic FM in 1996 as a regular newsreader and as the main presenter of the weekly arts and culture show, The Guest List, for just over three years.
