Dreamscape – Toyah Willcox Fansite

Read Toyah’s December 2022 blog at toyahwillcox.com. Toyah says: “HELLO THERE AND HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL! I hope you are all ready to PARTY!”

Christmas 2012, BBC Radio 4 aired Neil Tennant’s Smash Hits Christmas on 20th December.

A fascinating look back at the golden years of the UK’s biggest pop magazine of the Eighties. A publication Toyah featured in a lot between 1980 and 1985, and also graced a trio of covers in 1980, ’81 and ’82.

The programme included contributions from Tennant, various Smash Hits editors and writers, and Toyah, talking about Smash Hits in general and her Brave New World cover from the Summer of 1982.

Neil Tennant had a life as a journalist before he became famous as a Pet Shop Boy, interviewing many of the pop stars and bands of the era, including a very early interview with Madonna. In fact, it was on a Smash Hits trip to New York that he had his big breakthrough with the record producer Bobby O.

Neil Tennant’s Smash Hits Christmas, a 30-minute radio docu, hasn’t been available at BBC iPlayer/BBC Sounds since Christmas 2012, but you can click below to listen to a recording of the programme at You Tube, or download direct from Dreamscape, here.

Christmas 2018, Toyah became a Mastermind! She won Episode Two of Series 17 of Celebrity Mastermind, which aired on BBC1 on Saturday 22nd December.

John Humphrys put four celebrities to the test in another episode of the classic quiz, which aired across Christmas 2018 in ten episodes on BBC1.

Taking part were comedian Joe Pasquale, Newsround presenter Ricky Boleto, singer Toyah Willcox and Olympian Jeanette Kwakye. They answered questions on werewolf films, 1990s number one singles, Boudica and Disney animations.

It’s beginning to look a lot like… December!

NB. Last UK ordering date for delivery of the Toyah baubles before Christmas is this coming Wednesday (7th December).

Two brand new designs of limited edition official Toyah Baubles are available for the festivities in 2022.

Anthem and Thunder in the Mountains join the range with Brave New World to offer three dangly wonders for the Christmas tree or anywhere in need of a good baubling!

Each one is boxed with a mini card hand signed by Toyah and numbered on the back. We know some fans like to try and get hold of low numbers, others try and get their lucky number, so we’ve enabled you to select your number when you order.

• Click below to shop the baubles now exclusively online.

Had some requests for a Dreamscape Christmas Countdown.

We haven’t had one for a few years and I was planning on starting one on 1st December but the website went awol for a couple of days, so the 2022 advent/countdown will start on 5th December and run for 21 days… through to Christmas Eve!

Stay tuned for some seriously Toyah festiveness… Beginning Monday!