The Daily Tonic: Hot Chocolate For Hot Chocolate

From what we’ve heard from your emails, it sounds as if celebrity/civilian cohabitation can be perfectly harmonious – but that isn’t always the case.

One of Robbie Williams’ lesser-known housemates once got the boot after he was caught trying to snatch a glimpse of Robbie and Nicole Appleton having sex. It wasn’t Robbie who noticed though. Nor Nicole. The peeper was caught getting an eyeful by Mrs Appleton.

Nicole’s mum.

As statues and buildings and honours are the topic du jour, we want to know about the more unusual celebrity tributes you’ve seen.

Who were your hometown heroes, and how are they remembered there? Do your local restaurants have any specials named after a celebrity customer? Are there any buildings or rooms named for famous people in your nearby area?

Tell us about the weirder ways you’ve seen stars paid tribute to, and we’ll send out some goodies to the best ones: hello@popbitch.com

Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey used to share a flat in a tower block in Camberwell for many years when Pulp was getting going. Around that time, Jarvis’s mum used to regularly bake a cake for him and send it down, but the boys had a third housemate who was more skint and less busy than the two of them – and he would usually manage to intercept the cake and scoff it all down before Jarvis was any the wiser.

His mum soon found out that the cakes weren’t reaching her boy and was very upset about it. So Jarvis and Steve got their revenge by baking their own special cake, which incorporated a few extra ingredients, and left it out for their scavenger flatmate to find.

Then hid all the toilet paper.

BG writes:
“Just before Christmas 1999, my then-boyfriend, a music teacher, was taking a a mini-bus of kids from a school near Sloane Square to a concert. He reversed into Joanna Lumley’s car and broke her tail light.

“He apologised and offered the school insurance details. She said, ‘Don’t worry, darling, I can pay for it. Now take those children to their performance!’

“Fabulous in real life!”

S writes:
“Once I was at the Spanish Bar just behind Oxford Street and after coming out of the loo on the stairs I lost my balance and slipped down a step, inadvertently pushing someone down the stairs. It was like half a flight and she hit the cupboard at the bottom with a smack. I said ‘Oh my god, I’m so sorry’ and Bjork just got up, ignored me and walked off.”

You know what’s what by now. Ten songs from across the decades. You get a point for naming each title. You get a point for naming each artist. That’s a maximum of twenty points on offer – each and every one of them functionally worthless.

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Amazing sax duet by one man and a huge pipe
[Just watch it]

The new Bill and Ted trailer is out
[See on YouTube]

Local News Of The Week: Ed Sheeran Hot Dog Edition
[Read on East Anglia Daily Times]