Interview with a Cannibal

Just came across this old article on the company website:

"Filming can easily cost an arm and a leg these days... especially when you're interviewing a real live cannibal.

Intrepid director Sue McGregor and researcher Jon McKnight found themselves face to face with Nico Claux, known in his native France as The Vampire Of Paris, during filming for our Sky One series Born ToKill?

Nico, relaxing in a goth pub in London last weekend, regaled us with tales of how he murdered a stranger in cold blood, mutilated rotting corpses in graves he had robbed, took doggie-bags home from the mortuary he worked in, and then ate (and in some cases cooked) human flesh.He was jailed for 12 years, served less than eight, and is now a freeman. So that's all right, then.

As one of the few living cannibals who could give us an insight into the mind-set of Milwaukee serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, Nico revealed that he was fired from his job in a mortuary a few months ago when his background was discovered but has since been given a job in yet another morgue.In perfect English, the highly-articulate and deeply philosophicalc annibal said he was a Satanist who was relishing going to Hell; that the only thing stopping him murdering again was the unpleasantness ofjail; and that he and his girlfriend, who was with him at the interview, regularly drink each other's blood.

All of which gave Jon a challenge for the risk-assessment."The risk was obvious, as he is a convicted murder and cannibal, and I assessed the risk as High," said Jon. "I wasn't sure what to put underAction Taken, so settled for 'Ensured cannibal was well-fed before filming began'."

From the continent...

Naomi & Richard are now travelling around in their van exploring Europe....I have set them the very special task of photographing my little Ducky (affectionately known as "G") in lots of weird and wonderful places...

here is their first pic - G on board the ferry to Bilbao...

ISLA UPDATE

Isla was transferred from the intensive care unit to the special care unit today so that is a step in the right direction...I just wanted to share a little part of an email that my proud mother sent me:

"We went to visit Isla this morning - she's absolutely gorgeous - she is in the intensive care premature ward but is not in an enclosed crib. She's just lying there on a pink cushion in her nappy under a heat light. She has tubes out of her nose and navel and is wearing a little beanie on her head to hold in some more tubes. She's had her first haircut to make way for the tubes on her head - her hair is reddish brown. She's much bigger than any of the other babies I saw there and when I touched her little foot she kicked my hand away probably because she was ticklish."

Glad that becoming a Grandmother hasn't dulled your intuitiveness....

ISLA JANE MCGREGOR HAS ARRIVED

My brother Duncan and his wife Natasha have had their first baby - Isla Jane....she weighs 2.175 Kg or 4lb 12 oz. She was 2 months premature so she will have to stay in the special care nursery for approx. 5 weeks. Tash is fit and healthy and managed the entire labour drug free !!! She is one tough cookie....I'm so excited to be an Aunty !!!! But I think Mum is more excited to be a grandmother !!!

Sue the Sue Chef

I decided to be rather ambitious the other night and actually cook something from one of the books my Aunty Marg had sent me from Down under....i had the day off so spent hours reading over the various recipies and finally chose one of the ones that had a pretty picture next to it !! I couldn't have made it without the assistance of my mothers special cockery dish she bought me when she was last in London....thanks mum....

Here is the before....

And the after....

it went down quite well with my guests....



I may even cook some more of those recipies....one day....

Mr Blobby Does Florence

In honour of my "Tina Does London" thread, my friend Lucy has kindly shared with me her very own special pictures....I'll let her introduce her collection...

"Mr Blobby isn't inflatable or rubber as you'd expect - he's actually handknitted. He used to live with me in my office at American Express and when I left there in 1995 (oh my God!) he decided to come with me on a cultural trip to Florence. We had fun.

Hope you like him - I scanned him specially

L x"

Mr Blobby plays musical statues
Mr Blobby reaches up for the sunrise

Mr Blobby really was in Florence Mr Blobby takes a peek
Mr Leonardo Blobby admires a Tuscan sunset

I'm still wiping the tears of laughter away...I encourage you all to take a toy on your next trip and take photos...it never ceases to amuse me !!

Aunty in Progress.....UPDATE

As most of you already know - 2006 is the year of the babies in the McGregor family and I am very excited to become an Aunty for the first time (although maybe not as excited as my mother is at the thought of becoming a grandmother!). As if that's not exciting enough both my sister and my sister in law are with child so I will be an Aunty twice !!! Yay....

In the left corner - weighing in at 21 weeks is my sister Libby...
Looking divine here in one of her favourite colours - purple !
And in the left corner - weighing in at around 7 months is Tash posing here in her summer attire in the kitchen before and after shots...

Oscar Fever

After spending the entire day hiding from newspapers and switching off televisions when the results came on - my Oscar excitement was slightly dampened by the arrival of my mate Elizabeth who told me most of the results before I could stick my fingers in my ears !! Oh well....

We celebrated the Oscars with an accidental gathering of friends and Claire and I generally having a bit of fun with Richard's BAFTA Award....who knew what fun a small gold trophey could cause, and I didn't even touch a drop of alcohol !!

Claire isn't Keira Knightly biggest fan... Practising my "casual yet surprised/smiling off camera to someone I know" look...

Claire has it down pat.... Slightly Freaky...

random pics

Some funnyily dressed dogs in Soho...Daniela is Soho...
And a lovely bunch of flowers I bought for myself...

GORGEOUS...

Here is an absolutely gorgeous photo of my goddaughter - Audrey....see if you can pick which one she is....

SORRY SORRY SORRY

Yes, I know I've been rather slack of late and I do send my deepest apologies. Unfortunately that thing we call work has interupted my blogging opportunities !!!

I've been really enjoying my new job - it's such a nice change to direct some factual entertainment rather than documentaries about serial killers. I'll post some pictures later but basically on a documentary shoot it's me, a cameraman and an Associate producer - on this shoot it's me, 4 cameraman (including a jib operator & assistant for those of you in the "know"), 3 soundmen, commissioning editor, executive producer, series producer, production manger, associate producer, researcher and a runner. And then you have the main presenter, the 3 experts and THEN the actual family we are filming !!!! We spend 3 days on location with the family and it's pretty full on but its such a great team of people that you don't mind really....

I've just started my edit for the first episode so I'd better get back to it....