Embroiled in a £30,000 legal battle with her landlady after reportedly painting a room in her Grade II listed home an “awful” shade of blue without permission, what a shame comedy star Daisy May Cooper didn’t rely on the expertise of one fellow Cirencester resident. Celebrity interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, also pictured, however mischievously claims: “I’ll say hello to Daisy..

. she often looks a little bit grumpy.” The TV dandy adds: “I think she needs to be treated with a bit of distance.

” ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Asked whether she feels “more British or American” actress and dual citizen Gillian Anderson clarifies: “I genuinely feel both. My cells feel American and my soul feels British.” Ice maiden Gillian’s split personality has long intrigued: while insisting on speaking with a cut-glass English accent whenever interviewed on this side of the Atlantic, her vowels promptly turn American the moment she lands back in the US .

.. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Having made plenty of noise about accepting Australian citizenship in 2013, Miriam Margolyes now complains she finds Aussies too brazen and vulgar for her tastes.

Surely potty-mouthed Miriam should fit right in? ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Fifteen years after the voters of Montgomeryshire booted him out, oddball Lembit Opik c.