Richard E Grant, Pierce Brosnan, John Hurt, Michael Parkinson, Bridget Jones’s Diary actor Colin Firth and Ralph Fiennes are among a host of stars to flex their artistic skills to help a London high school gain visual arts college status. Teddington School asked celebrities to contribute their drawings to help raise £50,000 required to make it eligible for a government scheme to improve its art facilities and bring art to neighbouring communities. You can read the entire article – courtesy of Hello Magazine.com – here.

Thanks to Sue W for the news.

Meanwhile Rosemary has sent me an article from Saga Magazine’s September 2002 issue which I’ve reproduced, in part, here. It’s originally from a book apparently, but I’m not sure at this stage how much REG appears in it.