Preparing for some thirsty work, this month I indulged in Tea; checked out a dream coat of the Technicolor variety (it’s the new black) at Joseph; dropped in on the Windsors at Buckingham Palace for A Royal Wedding and went to Notting Hill Arts Club to check out new band Kojo before they become too flippin’ big for their boots…

The arrival of summer has been signified (if not by the slightest hint of sun) by the opening of the Summer Exhibition at the RA; Bizet’s Carmen has been given the (Mathew) Bourne identity and I chat to David Suchet about his latest role as a Cardinal in the Last Confession. And if I have a last confession to make it’s that I want David Suchet to narrate my Tom-Tom. His is the only voice I could tolerate telling me that I was going the wrong way on the “rotary”. My lack of navigational skills is a mystery solved only by Poirot…

I get out my buns (Princess Leia inspired, obviously) for Star Wars the exhibition; interview leading light of the art world Anthony Gormley; meet with H from Steps and that one that used to be in Hollyoaks and Two Pints of lager to chat all about Fame; and talk to tap dancing hobbits for Lord of the Rings the Musical.

You can watch online...

And the individual links are on YouTube if you type totallylondon (no space) into the search