Playing the fame game: Maybe the rules haven’t changed all that much

‘The current myth that fame, in the past, was dependent on talent, hard work and positive achievement, is just that: a myth.

For countless centuries, talentless worthless people became famous and were revered, not because they achieved anything, but because they were royalty.’

AMY WINEHOUSE ending up on the front page of the Financial Times this weekend marked the end of a summer of celebrity meltdown. Pop stars behaving badly have always garnered headlines, but this summer was different. Different, first of all, because of the sheer volume of disaster.