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I'm a journalist, event host and organiser and media commentator. This weekly blog features my take on the good, bad and often daft side of life.

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David is a journalist, communications expert and event host. Awarded an honorary degree by Leeds Beckett University and was the first British journalist to interview Arnold Schwarzenegger after he became governor of California.