Famous outfits: More famous for getting his kit off … he went topless for his annual calendar every year until recently. This calendar was fun to produce and allowed me to be creative in terms of where and how to take the images. EXCLUSIVE: Mistletoe and LOOKING FINE! Sir Cliff Richard, 81, keeps his shirt ON for his 2023 calendar after 'gracefully exiting the Chippendales market' - a year after he beat Harry Styles in the sales charts Political interventions: Famously allowed then-prime minister Tony Blair and his family to use his Sugar Hill Estate in Barbados. BBC and Sky scramble to make on-air apologies for broadcasting Dominic Cummings' expletive-filled Covid inquiry appearance uncensored (but furious viewers blast them for saying sorry while ex-No10 aide gave evidence)

When I was told that I had had a top five album in eight consecutive decades, in fact my feet have not touched the ground since, because you can’t plan that. Ex-Downing St spin chief Lee Cain says government had no 'clarity' or 'plan' of how to handle Covid as he gives evidence to official inquiry - with Boris Johnson's former top aide Dominic Cummings set to appear later Richard’s first new Christmas album in 19 years, Christmas With Cliff, currently sits just behind This Is What I Mean, the third album from Stormzy, in the midweek charts. Of the spectacular result, Sir Cliff said: ‘All the images in my 2024 official licensed calendar were taken by Robin Williams on a fabulously relaxing cruise earlier this year.

The 83 year old can be seen relaxing on board a cruise ship in new – fabulous, we may add – pictures released from his 2024 calendar. Next year is my 65th year and here I am in the charts with the most popular artist of the decade and I am able to still compete. So I am just really happy about it.” Well, Sir Cliff is undoubtedly a staple Christmas voice – and now it looks like he will be a part of every fan’s decor for 2024.

Sir Cliff had previously warned fans that his days of posing sans shirt for his calendar were coming to an end. He wrote in his most recent autobiography in 2020: “I suspect I have done my final topless photo for my annual calendar... it’s time to gracefully exit the Chip­pendales market.” Richard said he didn’t “know Stormzy at all”, adding: “I was going to say: ‘May the best man win’, but I am not saying it just in case he does win.”Have YOU fallen prey to this toxic dating trend? Relationship experts lay bare the pitfalls of 'spider-webbing' - as they reveal how you can avoid becoming a victim of these VERY unhappy romances King Charles expresses his 'greatest sorrow and deepest regret' over Britain's colonial past and says there can be 'no excuse' - but he stops short of full apology as he gives speech during state visit to Kenya I have grown to love cruising, it allows me to relax and regroup, sometimes prep for new projects, and above all, to socialise with friends who join me on ship. Rita Ora's close friend and hairstylist James Brown CONFIRMS... Georgia May Jagger shows off her washboard abs in a string... Ashley Roberts shows off her toned figure in a white bikini... So he’s doing it, and I’m doing it, but I have never got through easily. It’s always been competition with someone else, and if you’ve got the better record, then you’ve got it.

One is the Peter Pan of pop, the other is the king of UK hip-hop. But despite the decades between them, Cliff Richard and Stormzy, two of Britain’s most successful artists – with fanbases that couldn’t be more different – are going head to head in this week’s charts. Sir Cliff Richard decided to stay dressed for his 2023 calendar - after previously stripping off shirtless for pictures in previous years. Sir Cliff’s sparkle definitely hasn’t waned over the years, and he looks to have a definite spring in his step. Appearing on This Morning, he said: “Nothing ever seemed to be possible in the early days. We were written off as one-hit wonders. We lived from day to day. Dominic Cummings branded Cabinet 'useless f***pigs' as he raged at 'exhausting' Boris Johnson over Covid response in messages - with the ex-No10 chief aide's language condemned as 'revolting' by lawyer as he appears before official inquiry

That year, Elvis Presley - who died in 1977 aged 42 - came in second place. Harry, 28, came third after enjoying huge success in his solo career after leaving One Direction. He has total sales of over 21.5 million singles in the United Kingdom and is the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart history, behind Elvis Presley and The Beatles.

Council bosses say Government plans to house migrants at former Dambusters RAF base are 'unlawful' and should be quashed Who needs to go shirtless? So large is Cliff's following, that his 2022 calendar beat the likes of Harry Styles and Taylor Swift in the calendar sales charts, which is no easy feat It shouldn’t be a surprise that people are mad for the new calendar. Since his first one in 1979, he has shifted over 1.5 million units. And last year he scored first place on Calendar Club’s music section, ahead of Elvis Presley at number two, and Harry Styles at number three. We are only doing about eight shows, I think. I think the days of me going on tour for six months are way behind me … It is so terrifying to be on tour for lengths of time because you never know what day you are going to wake up and that’s not going to work,” he said, pointing to his vocal cords.The shirtless shot came as a surprise to those who read his autobiography, The Dreamer, released in October 2020. Teacher, 28, entrusted with pupil welfare 'had sex with vulnerable teenage girl, 16, after pressuring her to send him intimate photographs', court hears Forget puppy dog eyes! Cats have nearly 300 facial expressions, including a 'play face' they share with humans, study finds That said, there is still a shirtless picture of sorts in this year’s calendar. Indeed, the picture for this month shows the legendary singer wearing only swimming shorts while he raises a glass in a pool. He is mostly underwater though. August's image offered a glimpse of the popular singer wearing a pair of swimming trunks and raising a glass to the camera while taking a dip in a pool.