27 October 2008 15:29

The Great Giveaway

Janet Street-Porter's interview with Paul O'Grady in this month's Marie Claire makes interesting reading. As well as learning that O'Grady has the largest Aga Street-Porter has ever seen, we also learn that it replaced a Rayburn which he gave to Julian Clary.

As Agas and Rayburns have always been made from recycled materials, it's nice to see that Paul O'Grady has embraced the recycling principle. It's rather nice to hear about people swapping, trading, bartering and giving things away - it's good for the planet leave all involved feeling a warm glow of happiness.

The whole thing set me thinking about other things well-known people might gratefully receive. Sarah Palin - she of the $150,000 wardrobe - might benefit from a copy of India Knight's new literary offering; The Thrift Book, which promises to teach the reader how to live well and spend less.

Perhaps Doctor Who David Tennant could lend the Tardis to Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand, who could then travel back in time and decide to leave a nice, polite, call-me-back kind of message for Andrew Sachs.

Julia Roberts, a well-known knitter, might like to rustle up a few sweaters for the cast of Hollyoaks as apparently their habit of wandering around in midriff-skimming t-shirts in sub-zero temperatures has caused us all to follow suit and thus turn our thermostats up a few degrees. Julia would be doing a huge service to the actors and possibly saving the planet in the process.