(Very) Modern Manners

IF YOU live next door to a Hollywood starlet, is it acceptable to do a spot of curtain twitching? Labour peer Stewart Wood, 49, is lucky enough to have former Downton Abbey actress Lily James and her boyfriend, The Crown star Matt Smith, as neighbours in North London. And the nosy parker can’t resist sneaking a peak at the 28-year-old while she’s carrying out the most unglamorous of household tasks. ‘I haven’t called round for a cup of sugar, but some mornings I’ve seen Lily taking out her rubbish in her nightdress,’ he tells me. Now she knows she’s being watched, Lily refuses to alter her domestic routine by getting dressed. ‘Who changes to take out the rubbish?’ she asks. ‘Someone’s got to do it.’