Clara Amfo

The broadcaster tells Katherine Hassell about her love of early mornings, pig sandwiches, character walks and Ghanaian braiding

It’s hard to describe what makes Clara Amfo such a great broadcaster without resorting to words that have been dimmed through overuse. But, here’s the thing, she really is warm, friendly, funny and authoritative: not in a schoolteacher-y way, but in the sense that you know she knows what she’s talking about, especially with music. Amfo is also self-aware. When NME asks what she wants people to think when they hear her name, she pauses for thought, then gives a flawless answer: “If I met her in the loos, she’d tell me if I had loo paper stuck on my shoe.”

Dermot O’Leary and Clara Amfo paid a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Kensington home this weekend. In a clip shared on the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s Instagram page, the presenter duo can be seen walking up the steps to a grand, glossy black front door. Radio...