Extra exposure for barefoot blonde Bo

THE telephone shrills to life and an excited voice at the other end informs us - 'in confidence, so you mustn't use my name' - that Hollywood actress Bo Derek is jetting into town today.

'I though I should let you know,' he added helpfully, 'since I think Bo Derek could do with some exposure.' As tactfully as possible we asked our informant to cast his mind back to Derek's classic movie 10 and figure out whether the blonde actress didn't get enough 'exposure' in that film to last a lifetime - in the process giving the cinema going public an insight to the music of Ravel.

But no matter. Derek will be here with her film-producer husband John and they will be staying at The Regent.

The hotel, meanwhile, will probably be bracing itself to see if there will be a repeat of what took place when Derek last stayed there.

She was then given to running around the fountain at the front entrance in bare feet.