No plain jane

From: The Scotsman | Date: September 7, 2002| Author: GILLIAN GLOVER | Copyright information

Jane asher kicks off her scarlet patent stilettos, stretches her black-stockinged legs across the hotel sofa and lights a cheroot. "I can't tell you what a relief it is to talk about all this at last," she says. "My psychiatrist suggested it. Same idea as Jamie Lee Curtis being photographed in her underwear. Complete revelation. So I'd like to start with the whole Paul McCartney thing - just to get it out the way. Then my marriage. Then how much I hate cakes. Is that okay with you?" I smile a...

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