A blow for those of us who think Alex James is lacking in powers of insight. Talking to a journalist on the Evening Standard about his own column in The Spectator magazine, James said this:
I'm loving my Spectator gig. They seem to be happy with me just waffling on with some drivel. I'm having so much fun. I've got my Spectator hat on these days ... I have so much more clout with the Cotswoldian females. That Blur thing didn't seem to rub off on anyone.
I can't decide whether this reflects well on Cotswoldian females (for not liking him previously) or badly (for liking him now). Most of all, I can now quite happily never read his column again, because if he regards it as drivel, we really shouldn't waste our time.
If the Spectator's publisher Andrew Neil ever reads Lost in Showbiz, or for that matter its editor Matthew d'Ancona, please consider ending his contract to drivel on at the earliest opportunity.
