Article: Croydon lad made good

Turns out that Dan Stevens, the actor fronting the BBC's big new drama The Line of Beauty, is a Croydon boy. For some inexplicable reason, his scant biographies focus on his Cambridge education and not on his time smoking at the Whitgift Centre after school. Expect in-depth interviews in the Sundays and on Loose Ends about his first time being denied access to the Blue Orchid and whether he preferred the Ship or the Black Sheep Bar.

Hat tip: Mr Stevie