Earlier in the year, I was approached by the fashion designer, Sewing Bee judge and all-round Renaissance man Patrick Grant to contribute some profiles to a book that he was putting together, Original Man. I’ve now seen the first digital copy of it and it looks absolutely fantastic, focusing on an eclectic range of unusual, brilliant and iconoclastic figures. If ever you’ve wondered what book can link Hemingway & Quentin Crisp, Orwell & Morrissey, and Shackleton & Jack Nicholson, you now have your answer. I’m proud to have been involved in something so stylish and unusual and expect it to fly off the shelves this Christmas.