Konnie Huq: Home school’s hard enough when you DO have devices so let’s help the families who don’t

Brace yourselves!’, ‘Eeeek’, ‘Help!’, ‘Oh no… not again!’ read the messages on school WhatsApp feeds across the country when the news broke. It was December 19, a Saturday – the first Saturday of the school Christmas holidays to be precise – and as parents tucked their kids into bed that evening, excited for the Christmas … Read more

Konnie Huq: Home school’s hard enough when you DO have devices so let’s help the families who don’t

Brace yourselves!’, ‘Eeeek’, ‘Help!’, ‘Oh no… not again!’ read the messages on school WhatsApp feeds across the country when the news broke. It was December 19, a Saturday – the first Saturday of the school Christmas holidays to be precise – and as parents tucked their kids into bed that evening, excited for the Christmas … Read more

Konnie Huq: Home school’s hard enough when you DO have devices so let’s help the families who don’t

Brace yourselves!’, ‘Eeeek’, ‘Help!’, ‘Oh no… not again!’ read the messages on school WhatsApp feeds across the country when the news broke. It was December 19, a Saturday – the first Saturday of the school Christmas holidays to be precise – and as parents tucked their kids into bed that evening, excited for the Christmas … Read more

Konnie Huq has called for billionaires to be scrapped

TV presenter Konnie Huq has called for billionaires to be scrapped. The longest serving female Blue Peter presenter said she would like to implement a cap on earnings of the richest and distribute the extra money to ‘good causes’ instead. The 45-year-old added that she would increase the wages of key workers, as they are … Read more

Konnie Huq admits giving her husband Charlie Brooker an ultimatum as he didn’t want children

‘I am not really interested unless I am going to have kids’: Konnie Huq admits giving her husband Charlie Brooker an ultimatum as he didn’t want children By Natasha Hooper and Sofia Zagzoule For Mailonline Published: 15:48 GMT, 14 November 2020 | Updated: 15:58 GMT, 14 November 2020 Konnie Huq, who is the mother to … Read more

Konnie Huq initially paid less than male Blue Peter co-hosts

Konnie Huq reveals she ‘kicked off’ when she found out Blue Peter co-hosts Matt Baker and Simon Thomas were being paid more than her and insisted the BBC upped her salary AND backdate it Konnie Huq, 44, has revealed how she ‘kicked off’ upon hearing of pay inequality Said she was earning in high £20,000s … Read more

Konnie Huq says people have ‘lost their manners’ over picking up litter during lockdown

Q&A by Xantha Leatham  What is the Great British September Clean? The Great British September Clean is, in fact, the postponed Great British Spring Clean, which had to be mothballed in March when the country went into lockdown. How can I get involved? Anyone who wants to take part can do so by registering via … Read more

WHAT BOOK would presenter and writer Konnie Huq take to a desert island? 

WHAT BOOK would presenter and writer Konnie Huq take to a desert island? Konnie Huq is reading The Future We Choose: Surviving The Climate Crisis  Presenter said she would take A Song Of Ice And Fire series on a desert island  Writer said she saw Upstart Crow play [about Shakespeare] just before lockdown By Daily Mail … Read more

Konnie Huq claims being seen as the ‘token’ Asian woman on Blue Peter helped pave the way for others

Konnie Huq claims that being seen as the ‘token’ Asian woman on Blue Peter helped to pave the way for other non-white personalities to appear on TV By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:28 BST, 26 May 2020 | Updated: 22:28 BST, 26 May 2020 Former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq has said that being seen … Read more

Ex-Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq on being anti-consumerist

TV presenter and children’s author Konnie Huq thinks people who buy brand names are wasting their money and should be spending their cash either trying to make society more equal – or saving lives. Huq, 44, who made her name as the longest-serving female presenter of Blue Peter, says she doesn’t need any more money … Read more