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Blofeld was awarded an OBE for services to broadcasting in 2003. The following year he appeared alongside Fred Trueman in the "Tertiary Phase" of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio series playing himself. Blofeld has written a partly autobiographical book entitled My Dear Old Thing: Talking Cricket. He undertakes an "Evening With Blowers" theatrical show and has been successfully touring it all over the UK for the last few years, as well as many other public speaking engagements.
In terms of his hobbies outside cricket, he lists "drinking wine" as his favourite, followed by "eating food" and "going out." He has even established his own label Cote du Rhone which he markets as Blowers Rhone that he unashamedly promotes during his one man theatrical chat shows 'An Evening With Blowers, which he performs at venues around the country primarily during the cricket close season.
He famously celebrated his 70th birthday by hosting an evening show in front of 2000 paying "guests" at the Royal Albert Hall, with appearances on stage by old friends such as fellow TMS commentator Jonathan Agnew, who narrated the event live, West Indian commentator Tony Cozier, TV personality Stephen Fry, cricket journalist John Woodcock, TV celebrity Christine Hamilton and his elder brother, former High Court Judge Sir John Blofeld.
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