Celebrity
Dear Mary
Once again Mary has invited some of her favourite figures in the public eye to submit personal queries for her…
Fame at last
There’s nothing like getting your face on the telly to turn you into a narcissist overnight
Marley’s ghost
From reggae icon to Marlboro Man of marijuana
Diary
Oh God, it’s happened again. Another evening where I’m surrounded by people I know personally or have interviewed, and I…
Diary
In order to promote the Dylan Thomas in Fitzrovia festival, I am trying to persuade Jason Morell, the director, that…
Born to be famous
The old paths to the top for working-class children – sport, music, acting, writing – are now closed by nepotism
Dinner with the paparazzi
Here then is Gatsby’s house, after an invasion by the Daily Mail. It is called the Chiltern Firehouse. It is…
If Philip Seymour Hoffman wasn’t happy, what hope is there for the rest of us?
Celebrity deaths have no decorum. From Elvis on his toilet to Whitney face down in her bathtub, their last moments…
The halo slips further
Tom Bower’s first biography of Sir Richard Branson, in 2000, was memorable for its hilarious account of the Virgin tycoon’s…
