Of allllll the people to be a current affairs expert

Monkey is expecting a bit of showbiz on Question Time tonight. And no it's not because ex-Sunday Telegraph editor Sarah Sands is on the panel. With the death of Heath Ledger and Amy Winehouse's alleged drug problems dominating the headlines this week, there's likely to be some questions about them from the audience in Salisbury. And who better to provide some comment on the temptations and pressures facing top stars? None other than Blur bassist Alex James, who confessed in his autobiography to spending £1m on champagne and cocaine. He now lives on a farm, a very big farm in the country but seems to be BBC1's new current affairs golden boy. Next week he's doing a report for Panorama on the Colombian cocaine trade. A stint on The One Show is surely only a few weeks away.