Celeb Spotting
You know me… I’m not one for name dropping but… there I was travelling in Business Class on a BA flight to Cape Town when who should whisper sweet nothings in my ear? Actually, she’s better known for bursting into a full throatal assault on some Operatic classic but on this occasion she quietly asked if I’d mind swapping seats with her so she could sit next to her husband. If you haven’t guessed by now, it was Lesley Garrett on her way to perform in Cape Town. I agreed to move on condition that she got me tickets for her performance and she said she’d see what she could do. Apparently NOTHING, as I’m still waiting for the bloody things. I’m not one to bear a grudge… fz@x* B+!~# . Anyhow, I’ll tell you all about Cape Town next month as it was my first taste of South Africa and the place was fantastic.
Meanwhile, on the way back in the departure lounge the Lord of the Fop himself was sat next to me. I had met Laurence Llewelyn Bowen before under very different circumstances. Then he was on a very cold and windswept Blackpool sea front doing a live insert into a BBC early evening programme about Mr Gay UK. The poor guy was huddled up in all his finery and still absolutely freezing but he should have counted himself lucky because the contestants were stood in just their swimwear. Anyway, I digress, this time he looked a lot calmer and as usual, quite immaculate but wasn’t in the least chatty. Once on the plane, he pulled on a rather natty pink pullover… and even for me… that was camp. So, I immersed myself in a book… and I’m getting pretty good at colouring in these days.
And a huge GOOD LUCK to my dear friend Gareth Gates who takes on the leading role in the West End production of Joseph and the Amazing Techicolor Dreamcoat.
Next, it’s a dash over to Brazil to cover my favourite event – the Rio Carnival. Tell you all about that another time.