News Presenter Mark Austin Smalls Jazz Club in New York

‘I always wanted to play cricket for England and be in a rock band. The first is now impossible, the second highly unlikely’ DEFINITE Downs National Park, West Sussex. I’d have a Bloody Mary mixed by my mate Henry at the Noah’s Ark pub in nearby Lurgashall, then a round of golf at Kingsbarns in Scotland with my son, where I’d get a hole in one on ARTICLE the Par 3 15th. I’d have lamb and a We ask a celebrity a set of devilishly Tuscan red for dinner with the family at Riva in Barnes, south-west London, probing questions – and only accept then watch the sunset at Llandudno beach, Cape Town, before listening to THE definitive answer. This week Miles Davis and John Coltrane play at it’s news presenter Mark Austin Smalls Jazz Club in New York. The happiest moment you will cherish The prized possession you value above The person who has in- forever… Nothing beats the births of all others… My ‘Sexiest Newsreader fluenced you most… The your children, but it was pretty spe- of All Time’ award from The Sun BBC foreign correspondent cial to be in South Africa when mil- newspaper in 2008. It’s just a news- Brian Barron. Watching lions of black people voted for the paper cutting, but it makes me smile! him on TV made me first time and banished apartheid. think, ‘That’s what I want The biggest regret you wish you could The saddest time that shook your amend… I wish I’d kept a diary while I to do.’ I ended up working against him for ITV in world… When one of my daughters was a foreign correspondent. I’m trying The unful- The unending quest that drives you recently became ill with anorexia. I to write a book about my life on the Asia, but he never knew I was in awe of him. filled ambi- on… To play two relatively decent thought we were going to lose her. road, but my memory is shot to pieces. tion that con- rounds of golf in succession. He died in 2009. The philosophy that underpins your tinues to haunt The temptation you wish you could The misapprehension about yourself life… Accept what is, let go of what resist… Wine. Good or indifferent, I The film you can watch time and you… To play time again… I’ve seen Butch Cassidy you wish you could erase… People was and have faith in what will be. seem to drink it with worrying ease. cricket for Eng- think I’m confident, but I’m not. I’m And The Sundance Kid so many land and be a The order of service at your funeral… The book that holds an everlasting always waiting for a tap on the shoul- times I can recite the dialogue. drummer in a successful rock band. Sorry, but my children won’t let me resonance… The Quiet American by der and for someone to say, ‘You’ve The first is now impossible, the sec- answer this question! Graham Greene. I first read it in my The figure from history for whom you’d been rumbled, best leave quietly.’ most like to buy a pie and a pint… I’d ond is highly unlikely. The way you want to be remem- teens and I was gripped by its story The event that altered the course of chat with Muhammad Ali after the bered… As the exceptional cricketer about a foreign correspondent in Asia. The treasured item you lost and wish your life and character… Not so much Rumble in the Jungle in 1974. you could have again… A Viv Richards and top rock drummer I wasn’t. The priority activity if you were the an event, but the gradual dawning that I’d have pleaded with him T-shirt I bought in Antigua after wit- Invisible Man for a day… I’d travel in I wanted to be a foreign correspondent. The Plug… Please support the to stop fighting. He had nessing the fastest ever Test century in the places journalists can’t easily go, It allowed me to witness some of the Place2be charity, which helps chil- nothing left to prove. 1986. I wore that T-shirt for ten years like North Korea and China, and listen most extraordinary moments of our time. dren with mental health issues. Visit The piece of wisdom you until it finally fell apart. place2be.org.uk. (And look out for to Putin’s phone calls with Trump. The way you would spend your fantasy would pass on to a The crime you would commit knowing my book… if I ever write it!). n 24 hours, with no travel restrictions... The pet hate that makes your hack- child… In life you you could get away with it… I’d kid- As told to Rob McGibbon I’d wake up at Curtain Bluff hotel in les rise... Poor service in need to get stuck nap Lionel Messi and force him to restaurants, and Antigua with my wife in to reap the play for Chelsea. wobbly tables. Catherine and our three rewards. Don’t The song that means most to you… children. I’d start the day languish on the Waiting On A Friend by the Rolling playing tennis with the sidelines. Stones. It reminds me of a place and Right: pro Nigel, but inevitably Butch time many years ago – but I’m not The unlikely I’d lose. I’d head off for Cassidy going there, so don’t ask why! And The interest that poached eggs and smoked Sundance e n g a g e s The poem that touches your soul… I bacon at the Crosby Street Kid. Above your curiosi- like the hymn Father Hear The Prayer Hotel, New York, then right: drums ty… D r u m - We Offer: ‘Not forever by still waters/ take my Jack Russells and cricket. ming. I was taught Far right: Would we idly rest and stay/But would Poppy and Pebbles for Llandudno from the age of 14 smite the living fountains/From the a walk on Black beach and I still love it. rocks along our way.’ Down in the South NEXT WEEK PS... l Rochelle Humes on her R A llst Natalie Portman plays JFK’s wife in Jackie – in cinemas Friday. hit show Ninja Warrior UK AMY, A AMY, l L Tom Kerridge serves , A Mike Oldfield’s new album Return To Ommadawn is out the same up a second helping of press A er day. And Strictly dancer Joanne Clifton stars in Thoroughly his delicious Dopamine : CAM l phs Diet dishes PLUS A R OG Modern Millie at the New Wimbledon Theatre from Tuesday T Britain’s best TV listings O ph PLEASE RECYCLE Our newspapers, magazines DAilY MAil WEEKEND is published BY AssOCIAted NewspApers Ltd. printed BY PrinOvis UK Ltd, 4 DAKOTA Drive, LiverpOOL L24 8RJ. 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