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Selina Scott told she was ‘too glamorous’ to play Miss Moneypenny in James Bond film

The Liverpudlian tells me that he altered his accent when he moved to London due to insecurities over his local twang. “I lost it when I was 11 because I was self-conscious about it when I moved to London, so, overnight, I changed my accent from John Bishop to Ray Winstone and then I went to university and I tried to sound like Hugh Grant.” Happily, the Harry Potter star, who played Lucius Malfoy, states his local tones do return ...

Sir David Jason: Political correctness is killing the British sense of humour

As the star of Only Fools and Horses and Open All Hours, Sir David Jason is responsible for some of the most entertaining moments on television. The comic actor states many of them would, however, never make it to the screen these days because of a growing “political correctness” that is killing comedy. Sir David, who was knighted by the Queen in 2005, points to the speech impediment suffered by Ronnie Barker’s shopkeeper, Arkwright, in Open All Hours, which created ...

Jeanette Winterson takes on University role

Winterson will hold a post-graduate MA workshop and an MA seminar, as well as delivering undergraduate lectures. She will host four public events a year at the University’s Martin Harris Centre, with guests from the literary world. She succeeds previous holders of the post Colm Toibin, who completes his year-long tenure, and Martin Amis, who spent four years at the university. Winterson’s first novel, Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit, was published in 1985 when she was 24 and she ...

Poisoned Petals by Andy Crabb

Poisoned Petals by Andy Crabb is a set of over forty short stories, tales with a Spanish flavour. Most are set in Spain, with many featuring locations and people from within the Costa Blanca, where the author lives, works and continually observes. Some are historical, others utterly contemporary, both in time and in content. Property developers, estate agents and used automobile salesmen figure alongside more traditional Spanish figures, such as the bar owner, the peasant farmer and the land owner.

Loretta Lynn wants Zooey Deschanel in her musical

“Are you going to help me sing ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter’?” asked Lynn. “I’m going to help you sing,” stated Deschanel, who has been nominated for a Grammy Award. “This is a great honor for me. This is my hero.” The two traded verses and they ended the song holding hands. “Coal Miner’s Daughter” was a No. 1 hit for Lynn in 1970 that she wrote about growing up as one of eight kids in rural Kentucky. It became the title ...

Top Gear delayed until 2013

Speaking via his Twitter account, Clarkson revealed that, “There’s a rumour in world wide web land that there will be no more Top Gear this year. I’m afraid that apart from an Xmas Special, it’s true.” The forthright lead presenter of the BBC’s popular motoring show said: “[We] would love to be back in the autumn but Sunday nights will be full of fat people singing” – a reference to Simon Cowell’s X Factor show. The BBC and ITV are ...

Brad Pitt rumoured to be the new face of Chanel No. 5

Hollywood actor Brad Pitt is thought to have landed his most stylish role to date: as the handsome face of Chanel’s legendary perfume. BY Olivia Bergin | 09 May 2012 Marilyn Monroe claimed it was all she wore to bed; actresses Catherine Deneuve, Nicole Kidman and Audrey Tautou have since posed as the face of the iconic perfume, and now Brad Pitt is rumoured as the new ‘face’ of Chanel No.

Sacha Baron Cohen stays in character to promote new film The Dictator

Entering a conference room at the Waldorf Astoria in New York in character as General Aladeen, the actor, surrounded by female guards, addressed the gathered journalists as “devils of the Zionist media” before going on to praise the UN. “First Mubarak is shown the door. Now he and his mistresses must make do with the measly billion dollars he stole. Now, how are they supposed to eat out? And how are they supposed to go on vacation? And then they ...

Jamie Oliver: Government should introduce cookery lessons in schools

Dr Peter Carter, chief executive and general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, Professor David Haslam, chair of the National Obesity Forum, and Steve Iredale, president of the National Association of Head Teachers, also signed the letter, as well as academics and charity leaders. Besides the call for compulsory cookery lessons, they note the need for more sporting role models to promote the benefits of a healthy lifestyle to children. They write: “We the undersigned appreciate your concern about ...

Stella McCartney visits Buckingham Palace to win the royal seal of approval for Olympic designs

Stella McCartney was apprehensive about the reaction that her designs for the Team GB kit would receive when they were unveiled amid great fanfare earlier this year. Sir Paul McCartney’s daughter was, however, even more nervous when she was summoned to Buckingham Palace this week. Mandrake can disclose that the 40-year-old fashion designer attended a private meeting with the Princess Royal, who is the president of the British Olympic Association and is, of course, known for her forthright opinions.