The times they are a-changing (Follow that star!)
It’s like a retelling of that old Christmas story. How the holiest and most adored couple in the history of man were travelling from a merely pointless point A to decidedly pathetic point B but couldn’t find a respectable hotel that would take them in.
Or you could see it as a cautionary morality tale, in which it ain’t exactly wise men who are obsessed with following stars:
David and Victoria Beckham brought the Spearmint Rhino club to a standstill when they strolled in with the Spice Girls entourage in the early hours of Tuesday morning.Spearmint Rhino is one of the most successful chains of strip clubs, with venues all over the US and UK - celebrity fans include Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell. The website for the Vegas venue boasts that it is “the hottest Sin City has to offer”. For £200 you can get a VIP champagne dance which includes a bottle of bubbly and a one-hour dance, with strawberries and cream.
One stripper said: “The moment the Beckhams walked in there was a real buzz around the place. They may not be as big in the US as in the UK but we all knew who they were. All the girls thought it was Christmas come early. When the group chose me to dance for them I couldn’t believe my luck. I put on a really sexy show.”
James Walsh, 25, from Chesham, Bucks, who was in the club at the time, says: “I was having a dance and the girl I was with said she had just been with the Beckhams. I suppose that is the closest I’ll get to dancing with Victoria.”
‘O tempora, o mores’, as one old Roman git once said in the Senate. Which is admittedly both far more eloquent and succinct than what our modern politicos would manage but it still no more than a pop title’s worth of philosophy, ‘The times they are a-changing.’
Old Cicero was still right, of course - and so, each day and age needs its own stories - and parables. Which is why we have David and Victoria instead of Joseph and Maria - and in lieu of the story of the prodigal son this quaint and modern fairytale:
A Briton Ferry man has been reported missing - seven years after his family last saw him.
Police have now launched an appeal to find Ian Glyn Davies, who was last seen in 2000.
The 56-year-old had been living with relatives in London when he told them he was returning to Briton Ferry.
Mr Davies, who owns a house in Regent Street East, had been staying at a property owned by his nephew in Keppel Road, East Ham.He was due to return to Briton Ferry but never did and has not been seen since. But his family did not report his disappearance as they believed he was safe and well at his home.
However, they became concerned when he did not turn up for the funeral of a close friend earlier this year and reported him missing.
A photo of the missing man has been issued, although officers say it was taken around 20 years ago.
Signs of the times, and all of that.
Anyway, a merry Christmas to all of you.
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