Staying with the addictions desk, and more news on CMU's very favourite addict. Yep, you guessed it, Pete Doherty. For an artist so much in the news this year Doherty has given surprisingly few interviews, especially in the broadcast media (presumably on the instructions of his sensibly cautious management). Tonight Newsnight will screen an interview with Doherty - aiming to see why one of UK's most famous drug addict is also, according to the NME at least, the coolest man in Britain.
Writing about the interview, Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark asks: "Was he clean when we recorded it? During that two hours, who knows, but he was pretty lucid. He didn't display the self-obsession that is a hallmark of addicts, and certainly the hallmark of his past behaviour. He was courteous and solicitous."
The interview airs on Newsnight tonight, and should be available on demand on the Newsnight website tomorrow.