July 2001

Richard attended the Freedom South Africa concert and ended up on stage with Nelson Mandella. There may be a chance that we can get some photographs of the event and if we do we’ll put them up on the site….fingers crossed!

Suzanne emailed to ask me if the rumour that REG had been auditioning for the grisly role of Lucius Malfoy in the next Harry Potter film, “The Chamber Of Secrets” was true or not? She’d first seen this rumour at www.hpgalleries.com

I asked REG about it ages ago and he said Alan Rickman stole his role. I’ve heard no more about it. I’ll let everyone know if I do.

Hug O’ War

Taken from the inside of the jacket cover: – “This unique collection of well known children’s poems and memoirs is being published in order to raise funds for the children of Kosovo.

Janna Spark approached the forty-eight celebrities featured in the book and asked them to copy, in their own hand, a short children’s poem. She also asked each celebrity to write a short memoir. She then submitted the results for a graphological analysis which highlights why the participants have succeeded in their respective careers.

Inspirational and moving, Hug O’ War is the perfect gift for a loved one, a friend and of course children.”

Richard has a couple of pages in this book – one in which he writes about his dream and another page where he hand writes “There Was An Old Man” by Edward Lear. There’s also a page telling a little about Richard.

This book should still be available at amazon.com

Richard’s page reads:

“I always wanted to be an actor/writer and have never wavered from that wish. I’m very grateful that all those people who predicted otherwise have been proved wrong.

Richard E Grant”

Betty Barclay designer shirt personalised and autographed by a British star of the big screen Richard E. Grant, to raise money for the Pink Ribbon Foundation.

NOTE:- Auctioned on eBay – Successful bidder paid £51.00 GBP.

Jolie emailed to inform me that they’d spotted a picture and short interview with Richard in the July 2001 edition of the ARENA magazine under a special feature called “Best of British”. Has anyone else seen this interview?