James Hogan sets art world alight

Sir Trevor McDonald, Adam Boulton, former ITN grandee Mark Wood and a brace of City hacks were among the attendees at The Gallery in London's Cork Street last night for the launch of former Question Time editor James Hogan's first art exhibition. Hogan, who is now a partner at PR consultancy College Hill, has also written a book called The Art Upstart, which former BBC director general Greg Dyke called a "truly remarkable story". However, as Monkey sipped on a banana smoothie, Hogan revealed the exhibition did not get off to the best start: "I accidentally set fire to one of the canvases."