Former Pogues frontman and raging alcoholic Shane MacGowan was back in the news this week with the re-issue of ‘best Christmas song ever’ Fairytale of New York (with the late Kirsty McColl) was censored by BBC Radio One, removing the words faggot and slut.

Newly-appointed England manager Fabio Capello makes the card this week, having promised to learn English within the month.

King of the Jungle is my Queen of Diamonds, having won TV’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here with it’s Bush Tucker Trials which invariably involved eating unpleasant animal parts.

Risking the censure of the small purple one, week 46 is the turn of the Artist Formerly Known As The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, Prince, who this week started a campaign to rid the internet of any unauthorised images of himself, and anything else that vaguely refers to himself…

Week 40 – In this week, British Formula One racing prodigy was under investigation for allegedly causing an accident deliberately at the Japanese Grand Prix last week. He was subsequently cleared of any blame.

And now for week 36, and operatic tenor, Luciano Pavarotti, famous for his signature piece, Nessun Dorma which was used by the BBC for their coverage of the Italian World Cup in 1990, died this week from kidney failure at the age of 71.

Week 33, and the turn of singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, who pulled out of a few gigs this week due to taking time out to address ‘health issues’, amidst rumours of alcohol, cocaine and heroin abuse and a return to rehab.

…and bringing us right up to date we have the 6 of diamonds with disgraced comic actor Chris Langham, star of TV’s ‘The Thick of It’ and former writer for the Muppet Show, who this week was convicted of child porn offences, which he had been downloading for ‘research’ for a character.

Back from my hols, inside sheltering from the rain. Someone else back inside is celebrity heiress and sometime porn star Paris Hilton, who this week was ordered back into prison to finish her term in prison for drink driving.

Week 18, and this week it’s the legendary creator of the Wall of Sound and gun nut Phil Spector. The court case in which he is accused of the murder of actor Lana Clarkson opened this week in Los Angeles.