Denis Lehane: Good advice for my 18-year-old self

You will all agree that there is a big difference between myself and Victoria Beckham. Yerra, we are poles apart, really.

One of us is a right talented and gorgeous creature, blessed with the voice of an angel, and the other is married to your man David Beckham.

It isn’t too often that Victoria Beckham gets mentioned here, for I have about as much interest in the girl as I have in the crows up above.