to wonder if MN can actually agree on there being a person in the public eye who we all admire?

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Is there any celebrity well known person that is admired/deemed acceptable by the whole of MN?

I doubt it.

I'll start by throwing Lauren Laverne and Timmy Mallet into the mix.

Camila Batmanghelidjh is a good suggestion - she does a lot for children doesn't she?

melvin makes me physically ill...slimy sycophant

saw Jo Brand live - chatted to her after - a bit rude tbh

Did Moira Stewart really overcome drug addiction to become one of the most famous women in Britain?

I too love Dolly.

Huw Edwards
Orla Guerin - she looks dead 'ard, no-one would tell her they disliked her

Oh, oh, oh I've got it - Peter Allen (5Live)

Tel Wogan

yes to Dolly, Attenborough, Depp, Izzard and Moira Stuart and Joanna Lumley.

Vivienne Westwood?..... for refusing to grow old gracefully and sticking 2 fingers up to convention.

dolly, dolly, dolly x

Yes yes to Viv.

Oh, and Melvyn was a terrible lech, according to a researcher I used to know.

yes Moira, Joanna and Eddie Izzard

I can't really argue with Dolly, or David Attenborough. Unimaginative but true.

Also Rolf Harris and Cate Blanchett - obviously yes.

Charlie Brooker definitely not, Davids Mitchell perhaps.

Helen Mirren and Judi Dench. Two finer women are not to be found. (apart from Dolly obviously)

I don't think you can cite Vivienne Westwood anymore. Thirty years ago it was cool to be unconventional, and now everyone is.

If anything, she's dull.

Nowadays, it would be cool to be conventional, so she doesn't pass my muster I'm afraid.

I still say Joanna Lumley. And Nick Knowles.

No and no again to Judi Dench.

But YES to Rolf Harris.

No, not Melvyn (I know, just trust me).

Love Dolly!

And Rolf Harris.

Never heard of Tim Minchin .

Jeremy Paxman

Jeremy Kyle.

YES! To Camila Batmanghelidjh!

I have had a wee girl-crush on her for years too.

Nick Knowles has rescued a few peeps hasn't he?

Still reckon he's a big grumpy cunt though.

BamBam21.

Yes to Rolf and Tim Minchin.

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God, no, Knowles fancies himself too much

Yes yes yes to camila batmanghelidjh

Janet Street Porter ?( swoon)

Yes Vivienne

yes Nick Knowles, Helen Mirren, Moira Joanna and Eddie

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