My second husband believed I had such a fickle attitude to friendship that each Friday he would update the list of my 'Top Ten' friends in the manner of a Top Of The Pops chart countdown.

These women whose antics we smirk at good-naturedly in the pap-traps put themselves out there at least partly on their beauty; they are in showbiz, and showing what they've got is part of their business as much as it is for male show-ponies from the Chippendales to George Clooney.

Some say that Cusk has no sense of humour, but expecting giggles from this writer would be akin to expecting sonnets from Benny Hill.

Presley sounded like Jayne Mansfield looked - blowsy and loud and low.

I have always voted Labour and I always will. I have got to have one stupid, bovine part of me and that's the part that votes Labour.

It may be a cliché, but it's true - the build-up to Christmas is so much more pleasurable than the actual day itself.

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.