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CRAIG BROWN: Hooray for the OAP DJs, still rocking at 80 

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Some professions are best suited to the young. You seldom come across a professional gymnast in his 60s, for instance, or an air hostess in her 70s. The comparatively recent profession of disc jockey was designed for young men or, much more rarely, women in their 20s. When the pioneering pop station Radio Caroline first … Read more

CRAIG BROWN: Brush with Basil that charmed the Chairman… the best ever celebrity travel programmes

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1) Great British Railway Journeys: From Uxbridge To Hillingdon (2021) Having exhausted every other train journey in the world, Michael Portillo travels from the first stop on the Metropolitan Line of London’s famous underground system for several hundred yards to the second. Along the way, Michael meets rail maintenance worker Ted Boreham, who informs him … Read more

Strictly Come Dancing’s Craig Revel Horwood’s home for sale for £3.3m

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The stunning Hampshire home of Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood is for sale at £3,295,000 – and it’s a property that’s strictly glamorous. Inside, the seven-bedroom country house matches the famous sparkling personality of its owner with plenty of glitz, including a Swarovski crystal-encrusted Buddha in the living room, clear designer dining chairs in … Read more

BAZ BAMIGBOYE: Bond star Mads Mikkelsen says it’s No Time To Die for Daniel Craig 

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Mads Mikkelsen quite fancied the idea of following Maud Adams’s lead by playing two different roles in James Bond films. Adams famously played Andrea Anders in The Man With The Golden Gun, and then 11 years later, in 1983, there she was again, this time as title character Octopussy. Up on my Zoom screen, the … Read more

CRAIG BROWN: Will Meghan Markle take a leaf out of Fergie’s book? 

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The Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson is the only person in the world who has been in Meghan’s shoes having married the future king’s younger brother, Andrew, in 1986 Once you have married the younger brother of the future king, what do you do next? The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have secured deals with … Read more

Craig Ferguson’s 2007 monologue where he refuses to make fun of Britney Spears goes viral

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Just days after the new Britney Spears documentary Framing Britney Spears debuted on Hulu, a 2007 monologue by Craig Ferguson defending the singer is going viral. Almost exactly 14 years ago, Spears made headlines by shaving her head with electric clippers in front of paparazzi, after checking herself out of rehab. While the incident provided plenty … Read more

CRAIG BROWN: Why celebrities are just like vegetables 

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Legend has it that in the 1920s, the maverick journalist Claud Cockburn staged a private competition among his colleagues on The Times. The winner, he said, would be the person who managed to write the dullest headline. Cockburn himself is said to have carried the day with ‘Small Earthquake In Chile. Not Many Dead’. For … Read more

CRAIG BROWN: Feel lucky, punk? Then try a Dirty Harry wash cycle

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Heart-throb George Clooney has revealed that during lockdown he has been doing seven loads of laundry a day, as well as a variety of household tasks, including sewing, cooking and mopping the floor. But Clooney isn’t the first silver-screen hero to be a master of domestic chores… Heart-throb George Clooney has revealed that during lockdown … Read more