I once walked past Chris Morris in the park and became a gibbering wreck just staring at him. He probably thought I was just looking at his port wine stain.

*have to bump*

I want to hear more.

Met Tara Getty at Virgin Clubhouse at Heathrow - Top bloke and was telling me about disease free buffalo he was breeding after our flight to Johannesburg was delayed for 4 hours.

David Attenborough again at Virgin at Heathrow - Really friendly too but only had a brief chat.

That's an outrageous comparison, Cru! Prince Philip is Greek not Roman.

Westminster always has a chance of being promoted to Cardinal too... at that point Canterbury becomes very parochial in comparison... although this one wasn't tbf

David Jason - absolute c bomb. No one likes hearing it but he should not be a national treasure. Truly ghastly. 

Catherine Zeta Jones and rest of darling buds cast were delightful.  

I forgot some others:

Patrick Stewart. Generous and charming. He sent me a signed copy of the Complete Works.

Graham Norton's dogs regularly pissed on our front garden. He was nice enough.

Helen Mirren. Arrogant and presumptuous.

David Suchet. Reserved but polite.

By which names you may have guessed I used to live in East London near the Thames.

CZJ is indeed lovely, used ro live next door to her then boyfriend and saw her a lot. she  was also infinitely hotter IRL

@ risky2 21,55

Er, we need to know more details.

You mean in the same city? the same hotel? the same room? the same bed?

Don’t post if you cannot cough. 

Alexander McCall Smith, when he was professor of law at Edinburgh University.

Very friendly – his law lectures were almost like sitting listening to a stand-up/storyteller

Courtney Love. Definitely more pleasant than you’d expect. Had drinks with her and the rest of Hole at Soho House after they’d recorded a TV appearance (might have been Top of the Pops, I can’t remember) - a friend of a friend knew the bass player, Melissa. She was hawt.

Simon, lead singer from Biffy Clyro. He was my mate’s best man. Lovely guy, great speech. Very warm and funny. 

Doug Stanhope. Awesome bloke. Really cool and genuinely interested in making sure his crew and everyone involved in his tour has a great night - was at the celebration /after gig drinks on the last gig of his Uk tour a few years ago - my mates were doing his PR. 
 

Not me but an acquaintance who moved to Lisbon from the UK. He played in an amateur rock band. He told the story of being in a bar and got talking to a guy who was a manager (or the manager) of the Rolling Stones who were doing a concert in Lisbon. The acquaintance said "We are playing a gig tomorrow night. You could come and watch us." I suppose he was hoping for the 'big break. I think the manager actually agreed to do so.

The acquaintance shared a flat with an English girl who worked as a nanny for a wealthy Portuguese family.

He went home and told her "I met the manager of the Rolling Stones tonight". She replied. "Oh, ok. The family I work for had a small barbecue today. The Rolling Stones were there. The family know them quite well."

Swore I sat opposite Amy Winehouse on the tube once. She was with what I thought was her mother, reading the metro. 

Someone I know knows Scooter's (the German(?) techno bloke) mum. 

Dealt with Jeffrey Archer at work (before I became a lawyer).  He told me that I was a fool and that my firm were all fools too.  Not necessarily wrong, but not very pleasant.

Saw Jeremy Paxman in the street once.  He looked quite happy.

Saw Matt Lucas at Victoria Coach Station.  He looked rather out of place.