‘People think I’m linked to the Mafia because I own a hotel in Sicily, but I’ve had as much experience of them as I have definite with the Loch Ness monster’ He lives near me and is a hilarious comedian, so the day would end with a cup of tea and a few laughs. The happiest moment you will cher­ article ish forever… When Celtic won the We ask a celebrity a set of devilishly European Cup in 1967. Our house was packed, with everyone scream­ probing questions – and only accept ing and on their knees. It was an THE definitive answer. This week it’s incredible night. The saddest time that shook your frontman world… The Aberfan disaster in 1966. I vividly remember watching the news. The treasured item you lost and wish The film you can watch time and time you could have again… All the time I again… The Marx Brothers’ Duck The unfulfilled ambition that contin­ wasted fretting about failing. Success Soup (1933). I watched it with my ues to haunt you… To speak French and failure are inseparable. mum Irene when I was six and Spanish fluently. I’ve cracked Italian, but no other languages. The book that holds an everlasting res­ and roared with laughter. onance… The Master And Margarita The person who has The philosophy that underpins your by Mikhail Bulgakov, a Russian novel influenced you most… life… Be reliable, solid and depend­ about the devil appearing in the 1930s , my The unlikely The crime you would commit know­ able to your family and friends. as a theatrical entertainer. best pal and song­ interest that ing you could get away with it… I’d The order of service at your funeral… engages your steal the keys to the world’s best art The priority activity if you were the wr it i ng pa r t ner. I have a plot in a graveyard in Glas­ We’ve been mates curiosity… Hill galleries so I could meditate in front Invisible Man for a day… I’d read the gow, not far from where I grew up. I since we were eight and have had walking. I like to take a wrong turn of history’s greatest art. Kremlin’s files on Russian leaders. want the song I Belong To , amazing times – as well as big fights. on a walk so I get lost. That’s how The way you would spend your fantasy which is funny so will raise the spir­ The unending quest that drives you The misapprehension about yourself you find new things. 24 hours, with no travel restrictions... its. I’m tempted to have on my grave­ on… To make great music that gives you wish you could I love the morning light in Rome so I’d stone, ‘Don’t you forget about him!’ people pleasure. The figure from history for whom erase… That I must you’d most like to buy a pie and a start with a stroll in the Villa Borgh­ The pet hate The way you want to be remembered… be linked to the pint… . I met him ese gardens. I’d have breakfast at the He tried to punch above his weight. that makes Mafia because I own three times and once he told me he Hotel d’Inghilterra. I’m a vegetarian, your hack­ a hotel in Sicily. I wanted to go salmon fishing in the so I’d have an omelette. Then I’d walk The Plug… Simple Minds’ new album les rise... built Villa Angela Highlands. I know nothing about fish­ into the wilds of Aberfoyle, Perth­ Walk Between Worlds is released by The lack from scratch and it’s ing, but I’d love to have taken him. shire. Lunch would be at Min Jiang BMG on 2 February and they tour the of deco­ my most prized pos­ UK throughout the year. Visit simple The biggest regret you wish you could Chinese restaurant at the Royal Gar­ rum in cin­ session. Everyone minds.com. To book Hotel Villa amend… Losing touch with people den Hotel in Kensington, , emas. I used to told me I was mental Angela go to hotelvillaangela.com. n who helped Simple Minds in the with my son James, 25 [from his mar­ love going, but now because Sicily’s a As told to Rob McGibbon beginning. It’s been 40 years but we riage to ], and you get people eat­ nightmare for busi­ couldn’t have done it without them. twin grandsons Vincent ing pizza and glued ness, but it opened and Jack, six [the children to their phones. in 2004 and has The event that altered the course of of his daughter Yasmin, The poem that touch­ been a success. your life and character… When we got from his marriage to Chris­ es your soul… My And I’ve had as a big record deal in 1978. As Glasgow sie Hynde]. The boys sup­ Heart’s In The High­ much experience lads, we thought we had as much port Arsenal – I’m Celtic lands by Robert of the Mafia as I chance of that happening as we did of – and we always eat there Burns. It’s so poignant. have with the Loch becoming astronauts. before a match. I’d watch Ness monster! The song that means most to you… the sunset on Santa Mon­ Right: Duck Soup. The piece of wis­ Michael Row The Boat Ashore, ica beach in Above right: cinema dom you would which my mum taught me when I and then head home to paraphernalia. Glasgow to see my Far right: Santa pass on to a child… was three. It reminds me of her – she Monica, California Embrace change. died aged 71 in 2010 from cancer. dad, Jimmy, 80. Next week PS... l What’s Sue Ellen been Tom Hiddleston voices Lord Nooth in Early Man, from the makers up to? We speak to Linda l of Wallace & Gromit, in cinemas Friday. Craig David’s album Gray Monty Don’s guide to protecting your garden The Time Is Now is out the same day. And Juliet Stevenson from a gale l PLUS Britain’s biggest and most opens in Mary Stuart at Duke of York’s Theatre on Thursday comprehensive TV guide photographs: Dean Chalkley, alamy

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