I broke a self-imposed rule some years back and did an interview with a broadsheet – the Daily Telegraph – to advertise something or other. God knows what. The subsequent article didn't mention it, but it got publicity all right.
It went to form. The journalist didn't usually do this sort of interviewing lark. He had been involved with famous people I had once employed. He told me earnestly that he wanted to return to TV.
OK… I had to very gently explain that it was beyond my powers to help him. A minor celebrity press interview is a highwire juggling act. The interviewer is, after all, demeaning themselves. They should be talking to Brad Pitt or the
