In 1989, the Proms were still known as the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts (as opposed to the BBC Proms, which is the name used today) and at that time it was thought that the BBC generally didn’t have a high profile.

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	To coincide with the Press Conference (May), Ariel (BBC’s house paper) thought a new angle would be to interview me.
	The Radio Times picked up on this article and decided to print one in the issue covering the first night. The cartoon was drawn without anyone seeing me…
	The Sunday Times saw that magazine and ‘followed the trend’ by interviewing me and printing the only cheesy photo taken (23 July 1989).