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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Alexis Petridis

Ashley Cole and the white witch

Ashley Cole out on the town
Ashley Cole out on the town Photograph: Richard Young / Rex Features

Here's a story to gladden the heart: Ashley Cole's latest conquest is a self-confessed white witch, who apparently once made a love potion out of human hair, peppermint essence and rose petals. LiS can only hope this ushers in a whole new era of Wag – the alt-Wag, if you will. It looks forward to seeing at least one premiership star's marriage broken up by an alternative therapist from Brighton with a belief in Wicca, a batik waistcoat and Velcro-fastening sandals, and Jermain Defoe hanging round a provincial town's war memorial in the hope of picking up a goth.

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