Mr Confidential

For more than a decade, Chris Hutchins' column, Confidential, chronicled the lives of the rich and famous in three national newspapers. He moved with the cream of celebrity society, recording every move and relaying the news to an enthralled readership. But that wasn't all. In a previous life, he ran the UK's largest music PR company, shaping the careers and sharing the lives of Tom Jones, the Bee Gees, Eric Clapton and many other international stars. As a young journalist on the New Musical Express, he toured the world with the Beatles and it was him who took them to meet Elvis Presley - who went on to become his friend. It's been an astonishing life for the boy who came from a Torquay housing estate. From quite ordinary beginnings, Chris Hutchins ended up in the intimate circles of megastars, princes, kings and Prime Ministers. Now he relates the often funny, sometimes sad adventures he had with them in the course of a glittering career.