Embroiled in a £30,000 legal battle with her landlady after reportedly painting a room in her Grade II listed home an “awful” shade of blue without permission, what a shame comedy star Daisy May Cooper didn’t rely on the expertise of one fellow Cirencester resident.

Celebrity interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, also pictured, however mischievously claims: “I’ll say hello to Daisy… she often looks a little bit grumpy.”

The TV dandy adds: “I think she needs to be treated with a bit of distance.”

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Asked whether she feels “more British or American” actress and dual citizen Gillian Anderson clarifies: “I genuinely feel both. My cells feel American and my soul feels British.”

Ice maiden Gillian’s split personality has long intrigued: while insisting on speaking with a cut-glass English accent whenever interviewed on this side of the Atlantic, her vowels promptly turn American the moment she lands back in the US…

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Having made plenty of noise about accepting Australian citizenship in 2013, Miriam Margolyes now complains she finds Aussies too brazen and vulgar for her tastes. Surely potty-mouthed Miriam should fit right in?

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Fifteen years after the voters of Montgomeryshire booted him out, oddball Lembit Opik claims to be deemed a security risk over in the House of Commons.
Highlighting recent difficulties getting back into Parliament as an ex-MP, the former Cheeky Girl consort explains: “I have problems keeping my pass, I think they have a problem with my involvement with Iran because I was working for Iranian TV.”

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Heading out on a stage tour recounting life and times, Nigel Havers humbly describes himself as a “letter-box actor”, accepting whatever jobs come his way. While Hollywood didn’t come calling, I’m reminded poor Nigel has to regularly grin and bear folk confusing him with Oscar-winning rival Jeremy Irons.

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Helpfully giving the new Bergerac reboot his public blessing during a promotional appearance, original star John Nettles praises successor Damien Molony’s “more nuanced” portrayal of the Jersey detective, telling the younger actor: “A great performance…they can but enjoy.”

Fans note it took a while to get the old boy on side: miffed not to have been approached by the show’s bosses sooner, Nettles had recently growled: “I can’t see how a reboot will work. The show belonged to Thatcherite Britain, to a time of fast money and beautiful girls…I can’t imagine anyone playing him but me.”

All forgotten now!

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Interviewing grandads’ favourite Felicity Kendal, pictured, about her love of theatre on his ITV show, Alan Titchmarsh lavished praise on one of our greatest living playwrights, enthusing: “Tom Stoppard is astonishing. I was thrilled to meet him once, but I could barely speak.”

Kendal purred: “Oh, he’s easier than you think.” Indeed – Felicity and Tom had an “on-and-off” affair in the 1990s.