by samanthasimmonds | May 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
I hope this newsletter finds you well. These are uncertain and unsettling times for us all. As a BBC news presenter and therefore classed as an ‘ essential worker’ I have continued to go into BBC Broadcasting House to present BBC World News. Social...
by samanthasimmonds | Feb 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
I hope this update finds you well. It’s been such a busy start to the year with so much going on! Presenting Sunday Politics on BBC 1 First of all I wanted to share that I am now a regular presenter on BBC 1 Sunday politics. This is such a great programme...
by samanthasimmonds | Jan 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Samantha interviewing Judge Rinder Samantha with Rob Rinder and Barry Humpries (C) BlakeEzraPhotography Happy New Year! I hope this email finds you well and that you had a restful and fun Christmas break. 2018 really went out with a bang! I had such fun interviewing...
by samanthasimmonds | Nov 28, 2018 | Career, Uncategorized
I really enjoyed my first visit to the beautiful city of Groningen in the Netherlands, to host the EBF conference for the University of Groningen.It’s the largest economic and business conference in the country, and had an incredible line up of speakers, from...
by samanthasimmonds | Apr 24, 2018 | Children, Parenting, Royal baby, Royal Family, Uncategorized
Last night, I tried as usual to put my three children to bed. First, I told my oldest Rafael to read while I settled the two youngest into their beds but he quickly got bored and crashed into his sister’s room, whining at me for taking so long before starting a play...
by samanthasimmonds | Mar 19, 2018 | Children, Exercise, Uncategorized
My kids need an outlet for their seemingly in-exhaustive supply of energy! I know many parents feel the same. In Winter it often feels like we’re couped up all weekend with the boys especially having no way to vent their exuberance – which is why we bundle them out...
by samanthasimmonds | Feb 1, 2018 | Royal Family, Uncategorized
A woman making a speech at her own wedding…is this really front page news? Ok so this woman – Meghan Markle – happens to be marrying into the Royal Family – and her fiancée is the 5th in the line to the throne- for the next few months at least at which...
by samanthasimmonds | Mar 12, 2017 | Opinion, Parenting
What will my 8 year old son think of being told to sit on the floor and breath slowly – focusing on the breath – taking care to think about what his toes and legs and arms feel like? Will he giggle and feel silly? Probably the first and second time he does it. But...
by samanthasimmonds | Jan 24, 2017 | Auschwitz, holocaust
Seventy-five years ago in 1939 when the Nazis invaded Poland, Renee Salt was just 10 years old. Now 85, she is able to look back and reflect on how, miraculously, she survived when so many others perished. Renee’s first experience of the Nazis was when they...
by samanthasimmonds | Jan 23, 2017 | Children, Skiing
Three small children and a skiing trip – it’s not quite the recipe for a relaxing family getaway, is it? My husband Philip and I learned to ski as teenagers and always wished we had started when we were younger, because we were awestruck by the fearlessness of tiny...
