Who would you like us to invite on?

[JustineMumsnet]

With reference to this thead do let us know who you'd like to try.

As we said, we'll consult more on people who approach us and in that spirit we should let you know that we're planning to have Tana Ramsay on next Monday lunchtime... (she's promoting her new book) so if anyone has any Scheherazade-type feelings shout now!

Thing is, there are lots of slebs we like, and if they have children then it's relevant, but understandably they won't want to discuss that.
But I think that's the thing that would endear the less popular ones.

Tana Ramsay will want to publicize her book, but we all want to know what Gordon's like in bed and ask her about IVF. In short, it'll descend into bumsex. So to speak.

I wouldn't mind a q+a with mnhq themselves...I mean do any of us know how it all really works at mnhq? How do they know to delete a mean post at 2am?? Does a siren on Techs or Justine's PC flash at the mention of the C word thus catapulting them out of bed shreiking delete delete!!

shriek rather...

Oh good point lapin - the ones who are promoting an autobiography can talk about their own childhoods and we can all waft into a mist of nostalgia, whilst the Uncouth discuss bumming elsewhere.

Jenni Murray
Ruth Kelly
Karen Brady
Baroness Warnock
Robert Winston

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Brilliant Cod -let's get the 3am girls

cod you and me are doing one
people can ask us about pets and style and travel, and we can patronise them share our wisdom.

Yes dearie, of course you should give your cat fresh tuna and a box of Thorntons - do you not love him at all?

A bit like that.

Linda Papadopoulos

she is well respected psychologists broad appeal from body image to skin disease and psychological affects to the workings of mens minds

writes for cosmo as well as having distinguished academic credentials

lol at 3am girls

I suppose it depends what these webchats are for.

If they're for people promoting their books/CDs/concerts, then frankly they are fair game.

If they are here for us to question them, ask question and get useful information then I think it's different. Jamie Oliver, IMO, could be someone really helpful, but I fear that the braying mobs will jump in just to have a go.

Tanya Byron was brilliant because she answered people's questions and was helpful to MNetters - i.e. it was for our benefit.

I'd like someone who can give advice on teenage issues - can't think of a sleb or personality who does that at the moment, but surely there's someone?!

Oooh yes Victoria Wood would be great.

Gill Rapley.

Andrew Morton.

Dr Andrew Wakefield

Gordon Brown....

Kirsty Allsop

Mike Brady & Paul Bulcke?

Jenni Murray

Ruth Kelly (seriously)

Jeremy Bullmore (career expert in guardian - would be great for women returner questions... agree with idea of experts more than celebs)

Karen Brady (work issues again...)

Sheila Hancock

Paula Radcliffe

Janet Street Porter

Mebbe it's a chef thang Fio.
I'm always a bit that Gordon has his son all over his show, but never seems to go on trips to kill things with his daughters. They can't all be wimps girly girls, surely?

LOL at "sexually transmitted cooking ability"!

Russell T Davies?
Richard Dawkins?

Dear Patricia from the Irish Indo - actually she may be a MNer, tells it like it is

dearpatricia.com/

snice - are you me??!!

I heart Sheila Hancock.

I want the ghost of Joan Crawford on.
We can all 'ave a go and it won't matter.

im interested in sheila hancock because she recently went travelling and i am interested in doing that

but i thought she might be a bit old for mn

kay redfield jamison is very interesting but i doubt anyone will have heard of her

I'd love to chat to some female comedians, Victoria Wood, Dawn French, Sandi Toksvig. Not so much because they can help MNers, more because they are interesting and have pursued careers in an unconventional field and combined that with having children.

Also on the Tony Parsons thread I mentioned that I would love to chat with Alain de Botton, although I'm not sure that all that many MNers have heard of him. I think it would be particularly interesting to hear his views on the topic that his book Status Anxiety covered given how the economic climate is changing.