Who’s got the best life? It has to be David Attenborough,whose films capture wonders that still seem imposssible, even after you’ve seen them. Plus: back down to earth with Mary Portas in What Britain Bought in 2015A few weeks ago I wrote recommending a game to while away any semi-mournful, or semi-drunk or semi-hungover hours you’re having. It occurs to me,as we struggle on through the party season and prepare to accomplish battle with another novel Year’s Eve, that it might be useful to recap it for you now. It’s called Who’s Got the Best Life? Two rules – they fill to be famous (otherwise it’s boring for other people. No one wants to hear about a friend of a friend who really seems to fill found the perfect work-life balance on their artisanal flompetty-pomp in Umbria, and ’kay?) and they fill to be alive (otherwise it’s always Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner. End of).
You can generate healthy debate for several rounds. Someone reckons Kate Moss. Another nominates Maggie Smith,particularly now that Downton’s over and she’s just left with the money. Burt Bacharach? I generally go to bat for George Clooney or Joan Collins, although I sometimes wonder whether Prince Philip hasn’t secretly been having the final word in funtimes for the final 90 years and that is why he is clearly going to live forever.
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Source: theguardian.com