Put brakes on Brexit backtrack
Best celeb memoirs of 2017
IT’S been a bumpy road on the Brexit journey and now Britain’s trying to do a U-turn on the border deal. We get a glimpse into
Paul’s home life in rural Kent with animals he adores — pigs, a mad cow, rescued barn owls, geese and
Christine the sheep. Paul also shares his favourite recipes.
On how his husband struggles with his menagerie: “Andre was terrified of animals when I first met him but now he takes it all in his stride.”
“Now when I’m in the countryside, I look like Worzel Gummidge. When friends come down, they recoil in horror.”
“I’m a bit cranky of a morning. I slither down stairs looking for trouble. But otherwise I’m fine.” One of the world’s sporting greats talks about his mental illness, being sectioned and the impact it has had on his family and his career. Frank offers his unique perspective on living with bipolar disorder. How a coach party of Brits came to his rescue when he got lost on a cruise. On hospital: “The door slammed behind me, the lock to the psychiatric ward clicked, everything went dark. I truly believed I would never get out.” €340,000 was taken from his account while in hospital: “Someone close had set up a system.” Iron Maiden’s frontman is one of the world’s most iconic singers and songwriters. But Bruce is also an airline captain, beer brewer, novelist, radio host, scriptwriter and fencer.
On growing up: “I was spotty, wore an anorak, flared blue jeans with ‘Purple’ and ‘Sabbath’ written on the thighs, and rode an uncool moped.”
On surviving throat cancer: “By the last three weeks of treatment, I could not speak.”
Bruce recalls being bullied at boarding school: “Often, my bed was pre-soaked or covered in eggs.” THIS year a host of celebs have penned their tales of life’s highs, lows and woes.
Here, we round up our pick of the most enjoyable autobiographies on the shelves – and they might look even better under the Christmas tree. Scarlett is known for being bubbly on Gogglebox and for winning I’m A Celebrity in 2016. On a challenge on the TV jungle reality show: “In torrential rain, my silk dress is seethrough, revealing my Bridget Jones pants and my fake tan has run all down my legs.”
On her health scare as a teenager: “The doctor said, ‘Bell’s palsy can be an early manifestation of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia’.”
On a home catastrophe: “I forgot I had put potato wedges under the grill. The kitchen went up in flames.” His 17 years in Formula 1 racing mean he has experienced everything from nursing underpowered cars to winning the championship.
“On the boat,
David
Coulthard announced,
‘Right, I’m going to give them a show, these photographers’. He took all his clothes off and dived towards the curtains. Only my rugby tackle saved his blushes.”
On a friend finding his father John’s body: “There was blood and at first Richard thought that he might have tangled with burglars.”
On Lewis Hamilton: “I don’t think I was to his taste, if I’m honest.” In David’s follow-up biography, he takes us behind the scenes.
On Del Boy: “We used my own hair backcombed into an understated quiff — the look of a man who has spent time in front of the mirror.”
On a row with Only Fools co-star Nicholas Lyndhurst in 1986: “Words were exchanged and, I’m afraid to say, one or two loose items were flung against the walls.” When Prince Charles didn’t show at Highgrove for a charity event, David got asked: “Would you join Camilla for dinner, she needs an escort?”