Martel Maxwell
Martel is a proud redhead and Dundee FC fan from Broughty Ferry, hence one of her favourite features on The Music Bed – Jim and Martel’s Dundee Heroes.
Her favourite pop song is Deee-Lite’s Groove is in the Heart, provoking memories of dancing in plastic hotpants at her first school disco. She insists her classmates were laughing with her, not at her. Her favourite band are The Rolling Stones.
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Martel's career in journalism started a decade ago after qualifying as a lawyer when she became The Sun's first graduate trainee.
Martel has interviewed stars including Angelina Jolie, Tom Cruise and Kylie Minogue but counts the highlight of her days as a showbiz reporter as being asked by her all-time favourite, Sir Sean Connery, to join him in his New York hotel suite. Her mind went blank and all she could ask is if he was wearing anything under his kilt (he wasn’t.)
Martel writes a weekly opinion column for the Scottish Sun and can be seen popping up on TV as a consumer expert for STV's The Hour.
Her debut novel Scandalous, drawing on her experiences of showbiz and journalist, will be published in April.
Martel facts:
She has three nipples.
She released a song with producer Richard Melvin (thankfully neither sang) called Scotland, Scotland, Jason Scotland during the World Cup in 2006 which reached No1 in the Scottish charts.
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