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Vanessa Feltlz on LBC

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travelsafar Mon 27-Jan-25 14:02:33

Anyone else enjoying Vanessa being on during the day at 1pm. I find her fascinating and she speaks at lot of sense and stands no nonsense from her callers. Normally she is only on at the weekends. Hope she stays.

Ilovedogs22 Mon 27-Jan-25 14:14:53

I adore Vanessa, I think that she is a brilliant interviewer.
She super- smart, charming & very informed too.
I wish Vanessa was on the TV a lot more, quite frankly.
A clever whip-smart, beautiful, intelligent woman. 💞

Charleygirl5 Mon 27-Jan-25 14:18:19

Thank you. I did not realise she was on LBC.

FishandChips15 Mon 27-Jan-25 14:37:56

Much better than Sheila Fogarty hope she stays.

welbeck Mon 27-Jan-25 15:34:12

Sheila is back next week.
It's her show.
Vanessa is just standing in for her.

62Granny Mon 27-Jan-25 16:01:48

She stood in for Jeremy Vine on his show a few months ago, she was very good, as others have said she doesn't take any nonsense from the callers or the panel.

BlueBelle Mon 27-Jan-25 16:49:35

Vanessa has been on and off LBC for a while I much prefer Sheila Fogarty Nice sane woman

Mary59nana Mon 27-Jan-25 17:45:09

My favorite on LBC is Clive Bull Friday Saturday Sunday morning 1am till 4am great listning for us that cannot sleep.

Mancjules Mon 27-Jan-25 21:43:04

Love Clive and Nick!

Shinamae Mon 27-Jan-25 21:54:39

I really like Vannessa and sometimes she stands in for Jeremy Vine. I wish she was there all the time and not Jeremy, He really irritates me…

Babs03 Mon 27-Jan-25 21:56:08

Yes I prefer Vanessa to Jeremy, he is so arrogant in my opinion.

Grannmarie Mon 27-Jan-25 21:58:28

I loved Vanessa's column in She many years ago, maybe the 90s? She wrote about her family life, it was when her children were young and she was married to her first husband. I remember being particularly moved by her article about losing her mother. She writes very well.

LadyO Tue 28-Jan-25 12:48:31

She was fantastic when she was on Radio London, but they gradually got rid of the older presenters or shunted them to less prestigious time slots. Vanessa found a new job before she was pushed, Jo Good and Robert Elms are still on Radio London but only very late or at weekends, I used to listen to all three of them during the weekday time slots. I hadn’t heard her on LBC but thank you for the heads up…

GrauntyHelen Tue 28-Jan-25 12:50:53

I cannot abide her

Outcast52 Tue 28-Jan-25 13:01:54

I think she does talk a lot of sense but I just cannot stand her voice - so syrupy and smarmy. I have to switch her off after a couple of minutes. Can't wait for Sheila to come back.

Indigo8 Tue 28-Jan-25 13:03:17

GrauntyHelen

I cannot abide her

Neither can I.

ruthiek Tue 28-Jan-25 13:15:01

Vanessa was on talk radio for a while wonder where she had disappeared to

Nightsky2 Tue 28-Jan-25 13:16:14

Much prefer her to Sheila Fogarty. Smart, sophisticated and knows what she’s talking about.

TanaMa Tue 28-Jan-25 14:07:21

Can't stand her 'preachy' voice, always sounds as if she is talking down to people. Even her voice makes me cringe. Always turn off/over if she is on! Just as well we don't all think alike!

Bazza Tue 28-Jan-25 14:20:43

I like her. I’ve never forgotten her speaking about how cruel her first husband was when he asked for a divorce. She thought she was in a happy marriage and was utterly devastated. I always admired how she picked herself up and reinvented herself.

mum2three Tue 28-Jan-25 14:27:41

She strikes me as being rather 'needy', which may be why her relationships have broken down.

Rula Tue 28-Jan-25 14:40:30

I like her. She has a great voice as well. And she's obviously very intelligent. Very good delivery on radio and when she stands in for JV.Maybe she'll take over Storm's when the latter leaves to have her baby. I hope so. There's a bloke called Akexis who has stood in and I have to turn him off.

Calendargirl Tue 28-Jan-25 15:00:14

Going off track, but talking about different presenters.

I listen to Classic FM, and don’t care for Dan Walker who now does the Breakfast Show.

Much prefer it when he’s on holiday, and Aled Jones covers for him.

Sorry Dan.

GrannyO Tue 28-Jan-25 15:04:36

Sorry, can’t bear her. I really miss Shelagh Fogarty, I like her speaking voice, and mostly have the same views as she does. She just seems to be a thoroughly decent person. Hope she’s back next week.

jobieP Tue 28-Jan-25 15:32:32

I quite like Vanessa but she does "off she goes" on a subject where she won't stop rabbiting and the guest can't get a word in.