buying the Mandelson book (well, I thought, why not; it will at very least annoy Blair) and telling her some stories and she asked "Are these in the book?" (65) and I realised they aren't.
Much as Steven Fry asked me during my rambling stories about Peter Cook except he said "Why aren't these in the book?"
Trouble is, so much has happened to me there's not room in one book for them all.
Perhaps a sequel to be published after my demise?

JK2006 wrote:
buying the Mandelson book (well, I thought, why not; it will at very least annoy Blair) and telling her some stories and she asked "Are these in the book?" (65) and I realised they aren't.
Much as Steven Fry asked me during my rambling stories about Peter Cook except he said "Why aren't these in the book?"
Trouble is, so much has happened to me there's not room in one book for them all.
Perhaps a sequel to be published after my demise?

Perhaps a sequel for this xmas? Don't fancy waiting around for say 30 years for it.

I think interviewing Peter Cook was one of the most nerve-racking and amazing things I've ever done...he and Dudley Moore were too people I truly held in awe. I still have the tape of his doing "The Worst Job I Ever Had" from the Derek and Clive material...still makes me laugh to think about it. What a comic genius.

Shouldn't that be TWO people? Hate to be sub editor here dear...

I once photographed Dudley Moore when he was a guest on some luxury liner in Sydney Harbour towards the end of his life.

He was wonderfully agreeable to any suggestion but as pissed as a parrot at 11am.

He got into his head that I was an old friend and started to become quite angry when I denied it. Fortunately the PR woman took him to his stateroom for a nap.

## do that sequel now..every sordid detail please.

Oh PLEASE add the Cook stories. I loved that man.

JK2006 wrote:
buying the Mandelson book (well, I thought, why not; it will at very least annoy Blair) and telling her some stories and she asked "Are these in the book?" (65) and I realised they aren't.
Much as Steven Fry asked me during my rambling stories about Peter Cook except he said "Why aren't these in the book?"
Trouble is, so much has happened to me there's not room in one book for them all.
Perhaps a sequel to be published after my demise?


The Jonathan King Diaries?

Blimey, given what Kenneth Williams did with his - and what they took out too with all the countless 'ed' notes throughout - that would be worth a read.

Actually wish I hadn't mentioned Kenneth Williams' diaries, as have just spent 5/10 minutes or so re-reading passages. I initially grabbed it from my shelf to see if you got a mention, which you didn't, unless you are one of the letters that are banded around in it to signify someone else!

My psychiatric nurse came to see me a few weeks ago and was shocked at parts of my 'library'. David Icke here, Kenneth Williams there, and lots of Tony Hancock bios and the like. She said, "no wonder you are a manic depressive with these sorts of interests!".
I suppose suffering long term from such an illness means you become a bit more empathic to the likes of Hancock and Williams, for their mood swings and feelings of alienation I suppose.