A biography for Edith Bowmanhasn’t been written yet.
“I love everything about film.”
“I used to lug a massive bag of CDs everywhere.”
“I go to bed at 9:30 P.M. and I like to watch TV as I drift off.”
“Baby Jane' is a tune, what a sax solo. And The Faces' 'Stay With Me' is amazing.”
“I never really think about myself really, but I hope I'm no different whether it be on the radio or telly or on a podcast. It's about being genuine, and approachable and accessible, not talking at people but with people.”
“Dad was great fun and I was a real daddy's girl. I inherited my love of music from him.”
“I'm a human emoji.”
“Whether it's TV, radio or podcast, I don't think about how many are listening or watching.”
“I've met Prince Charles and Prince Philip.”
“I went to my first live concert when I was seven, with my mum Eleanor, a staunch Rod Stewart fan. I've never looked back.”
“I go through spurts of watching 'EastEnders,' feeling depressed and vowing never to watch it ever again.”
“Radio was always a doorway to something for me growing up.”
“That's the power of music, a key sequence or a chord sequence or even a note can do something to you physically that's uncontrollable.”
“I really pay attention to makeup artists and what they do with me.”
“When I went to university, I got work experience at my local radio station, and I used to spend hours in what was then the CD library. I was supposed to be filing the CDs, but I was actually randomly picking stuff up and blaring it out of the speakers.”
“I was accepted by a college in Edinburgh but I think the acceptance letter shocked me into realising it wasn't what I wanted.”
“I would love to have visited Cuba while Fidel Castro was alive.”
“Growing up I had various pictures of Marilyn Monroe on my walls, and watched her films time and time again. She oozed a fantastic femininity, was curvy and sexy, and was a real woman. I was, and am, a bit obsessed with her.”
“I grew up with Madonna as my icon and she was someone who didn't conform to any rules.”
“I've got a tiny little twist in the tooth to the right of my two front teeth that my dad, my aunt and my grandad have all had. It's really weird; it's the Bowman twist. I don't know what it is about my mouth, but it looks a bit wonky to me.”