Archive for February, 2009

Ten facts about Duffy – but which is false?

Saturday, February 21st, 2009
Ten facts about Duffy – but which one is false?
Independent, UK
Her name is really Aimee Ann. She has a twin sister called Katy Ann. * When she was 13, her family was put in a safe house after her stepfather’s ex-wife threatened to kill him. * She was thrown out of her school choir because her voice was “too big”.

‘The night I was brutally beaten up by Duffy’s wild-eyed stepfather’

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

‘The night I was brutally beaten up by Duffy’s wild-eyed stepfather’

Duffy profile: Poor little Brit girl

Saturday, February 21st, 2009
Duffy profile: Poor little Brit girl
Scotland on Sunday, UK
Born Aimee Ann Duffy, she starting singing when she was six, but was kicked out of her school choir for having a voice that was "too big". Welsh is her mother tongue, English her second language, and her accent still remains undiluted by all that

Duffy, my daughter and me

Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Duffy, my daughter and me
Guardian Unlimited, UK
That Aimee Ann Duffy is always round our house. When she's not on the CD player in the kitchen, she's in my teenage daughter's bedroom. She's walking down Warwick Avenue. She's begging for Mercy. And when she's not doing these things herself,