Mariella Frostrup
Mariella Frostrup
Mariella Frostrupis a UK-based journalist and television presenter, well known on British TV and radio, mainly for arts programmes. Her 'gravelly' voice was once voted the sexiest female voice on TV, and research found that Frostrup's voice was one of three voicesbest suited to contribute to a Post Office Telecoms study resulting in a "perfect female voice". Her voice is often used on TV commercials as well...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth12 November 1962
family
For many, long-term friendships, rather than family ties, are the foundations for sustainable lives.
bird blonde employing fully guess late music sexy
First, I was a glacial blonde doing music programmes. Then I was the film kind of sexy bird late at night. It was frustrating like I guess it's frustrating for everyone who is not fully employing their talents.
months stop thoughts three
If I was going to write something, I'd need to stop for three months and just see if I had any thoughts in there.
allowed children mornings saturday time turn
Saturday and Sunday mornings are the only time the children are allowed to turn on the television.
advances children men rely scientific women
Men want children later, but women can't rely on being able to. So I'm all for scientific advances and the help they can give people.
comedies dreams elusive endings feeding hollywood left prove quite romantic seem
Romantic comedies seem to take over where the fairytales of childhood left off, feeding our dreams of a soulmate; though, sadly, the Hollywood endings prove quite elusive in the real world.
birds brought escape hear ireland low wake
I was brought up in the countryside in Ireland and would go bonkers if I couldn't escape the city. I like to wake and hear birds tweeting, not the low drone of traffic.
adult capable escapes lives spend
Every adult has the right to choose who they wish to spend their lives with, and we're all capable of making mistakes, but no one escapes with their self-regard intact.
anyone aware good meet nature prepare spent whether
Nothing can prepare you for the all-consuming nature of motherhood, and I am very aware of my good fortune, as I spent years fretting about whether I'd ever meet anyone to have a baby with.
allowed attractive capable hard productive younger
You're allowed to have gravitas when you've got the wrinkles to prove it, but not when you're attractive and younger - or, at least, you have to fight really hard to prove you're capable of productive thought.
emotional girls life men perfectly responsibility romantic tendency whose
Girls have a tendency to take responsibility for romantic misinterpretations, when often it's men whose perfectly honed emotional inscrutability makes life more complicated than it should be.
aggressive men threatened women
Men that aren't threatened by opinionated, faintly aggressive women are in a minority.
children dreadful possibly sooner teens
In my late teens and early twenties, I thought having children was possibly the most irresponsible thing you could do because I thought that the world was a dreadful place; I thought the sooner we all got off the planet, the better.
appealing brings brutal creating domestic duties embrace gets home prospect sanctuary tough
The more brutal it gets in the working world, the more appealing the prospect of having someone at home creating a sanctuary becomes. Increasingly couples, particularly with children, are making that tough choice, with one or other partner electing to embrace domestic duties while the other brings home the cash.