Lighten Up: A girl's best friend — how Sophie Ellis-Bextor fell for an Irish donkey

T'was like a story straight out of Shrek, only with a pop giant instead of an ogre, writes our auld Lehane this week.

The lovable rogues, with their hairy backs and twinkly eyes, won the heart of the pop princess, writes Denis Lehane. File picture

When the news hit my ears that singing sensation Sophie Ellis-Bextor had fallen in love with an Irish donkey, I immediately went to the phone to see if the donkey was one of my friends.

Only later did I realise that the donkey was in fact a real one, and not a man that I might know or share the occasional pint with.