Register of Members’ Interests
Last updated: 4 Mar 2024.
1. Employment and earnings
Payments received via United Agents, 12-26 Lexington Street, London W1F 0LE:
28 April 2023, received £10,000 from Mother Pictures Ltd, Biscuit Building, 10 Redchurch Street, London E2 7DD, for the rights to make a television series based on my book. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 28 April 2023)
3 May 2023, received £20,000 from
Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP, for an advance on a book. Hours: 210 hrs. (Registered 09 May 2023)
17 May 2023, received £13,500 from Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP, for an advance on another book. Hours: 20 hrs. (Registered 24 May 2023)
14 August 2023, received £20,800 from Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP, as an advance and payment for the recording of a new book. Hours: approx. 100 hrs over four months. (Registered 14 August 2023)
9 November 2023, received £8,000 from Pathé Pictures
UK, 6 Ramillies Street, London W1F 7TY, for an option on my book. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 10 November 2023)
19 January 2024, received £1,000 from Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP, for reading the audiobook of my new book. Hours: 12 hrs. (Registered 22 January 2024)
1 March 2024, received £10,000 from Mother Pictures Ltd, Biscuit Building, 10 Redchurch Street, London E2 7DD, for the rights to make a television series based on my book. Hours: no additional hours. (Registered 04 March 2024)
Payments from Reach Shared Services Limited, 3rd Floor, 5
St Paul's Square, Liverpool L3 9SJ:
28 April 2023, received £400 for two articles in the
Daily Mirror. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 28 April 2023)
2 June 2023, received £150 for an article in the Daily Mirror. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 02 June 2023)
6 June 2023, received £150 for an article in the Daily Mirror. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 23 June 2023)
28 July 2023, received £250 an article in the Daily Mirror. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 31 July 2023)
Payments from Global Radio, 30 Leicester Square, London WC2H 7LA:
22 September 2023, received £1,000 for presenting a show on
LBC. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 22 September 2023)
Payments from
Guardian News & Media Ltd, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU:
19 January 2023, received £100 for an article. Hours: 30 mins. (Registered 27 June 2023)
22 June 2023, received £300 for an article. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 27 June 2023)
7 July 2023, received £300 for an article. Hours: 45 mins. (Registered 14 July 2023)
11 October 2023, received £400 for a book review. Hours: 3 hrs. (Registered 11 October 2023)
1 September 2023, received £660 from the Edinburgh International Book Festival, 121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN, for speaking at the festival. Accommodation was provided by the payer and travel by my publishers, Bloomsbury Publishing. Hours: 4 hrs. (Registered 04 September 2023)
3. Gifts, benefits and hospitality from UK sources
Name of donor: Society of London Theatre
LTDAddress of donor: 32 Rose Street, London WC2E 9ET
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Complimentary ticket to Vogue World 2023 at the
Theatre Royal Drury Lane (£751.70), with hospitality (approx. £50), total value approx. £801.70
Date received: 14 September 2023
Date accepted: 14 September 2023
Donor status: company, registration 527227
(Registered 18 September 2023)
Name of donor: Warner Bros, Discovery
Address of donor: Warner House, 98 Theobalds Rd, London WC1X 8WB
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Two tickets with hospitality to a screening of Wonka, total value £500
Date received: 28 November 2023
Date accepted: 28 November 2023
Donor status: company, registration 00259661
(Registered 07 December 2023)
Name of donor: Channel 4
Address of donor: 124 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2TX
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: Tickets with hospitality for me and my partner to the 2024 BAFTAs, total value £3,160
Date received: 18 February 2024
Date accepted: 18 February 2024
Donor status: company, registration 01533774
(Registered 26 February 2024)
8. Miscellaneous
From 1 July 2022, a trustee of Rhondda Arts Festival in Treorchy (RAFT). This is an unpaid role. (Registered 17 August 2020; updated 27 February 2023)
From 13 October 2022, a Member of the
National Institute for Healthcare Research (
NIHR) Brain Injury MedTech Co-operative Advisory Board. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 19 October 2022)
From 21 March 2021, a trustee of the Mabon Trust, which offers small grants to community projects, organisations, individuals and charities in the Rhondda. This is an unpaid role. (Registered 27 February 2023)
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