No wonder hunk Page is tipped to be double ‘oh’ 7

THERE’S much debate as to why the Netflix Regency drama Bridgerton is such a hit.

Is it simply that, in addition to his fine acting, Regé- Jean Page – aka the Duke of Hastings who enjoys a steamy relationship with débutante Daphne Bridgerton (both pictured) – is a master of swoon with a magnificently sculpted abdomen, and doesn’t mind letting us ladies know it? Crikey, in one scene he licked a silver spoon so seductively the utensil now has its own Instagram page! No wonder he’s tipped as the new 007.

NICOLE Kidman, 53, says Judi Dench is her heroine – at 86 s he t akes on deep and meaningful roles and follows them with movies in which she has ‘some larks’.

Take a deep breath, Nic. Meaningful roles involve an untold range of expressions – but in your last serious TV role, The Undoing, your face had less nuance and fewer creases than your designer coats.

IS it significant that Trump’s wife Melania has been nowhere by his side this week as he stoked chaos on Capitol Hill? Has she chosen to stop indulging him in public?

With just days before he steps down, I am already missing Melania, the most vilified and trivialised, yet dignified of First Ladies. Fiercely protective of their son Barron, who was only ten when Dad got the big job, she was supremely elegant yet the opposite of self-aggrandising.

And I’d wager she isn’t going to do a Michelle Obama, pocketing $65 million by writing her memoirs – she is as unlikely to sell her soul to the highest bidder as she is to still be with The Donald in two years.

SOME regret for his fans as Neil Young signs a $150million deal to sell off 50% of the rights to his songs.

They have been a rite of passage for many of us – I was just 15 and newly heartbroken when I first heard Harvest and my mum came into my bedroom to comfort me.

The track The Needle And The Damage Done came on my record player and Mum said soothingly: ‘Mandy, it’s lovely to hear you listening to a song about sewing.’

AS we learn of cruel people dumping their Covid pooches, a story to warm your heart. When roofer Duncan Flowers lost his dog Dizzy 20ft down a rabbit hole, he called on his mates.

One owned a JCB digger, another was a plumber who had a drainage camera and for 30 hours they dug up a paddock to free her.

Duncan said: ‘ Everyone burst out crying, 25 burly blokes crying their eyes out.’

It’s enough to make even the most hardened hearts go dizzy with delight.