IAN McKELLEN - "Casting a spell" - Despite being one of the greatest stage actors of the past 30 years and a leading gay-rights activist, Ian McKellen did not taste real fame until two years ago, playing Gandalf in Lord Of The Rings. He tells us how his life has changed

5 PAGE FEATURE & PHOTOS

(PLUS MAGAZINE COVER PHOTO)

NYC DOLLS

While recuperating from treatment at his friend David Hockney's house in the early 1980s, Patrick McMullan becams fascinated by the artist's photo albums. It was the inspiration for a glamorous career which saw McMullan capture some of the defining images of the 1980s New York. Here, in an extract from a new book celebrating McMullen's work, the designer TOM FORD remembers the decadent social scene

4 PAGE BLACK/WHITE PHOTO FEATURE

(includes ½ page photo of Iam Falconer and Tom Ford (1980); John Jellybean Benitez, Madonna and others at David Lee Roth's party (small photo) (1984); Andy Warhol at Robert Miller Gallery (1987); Bianca Jagger and Rupert Everett (small photo) plus other photos

PETULA CLARK - "Flashback!" - Petula Clark remembers a fundraising lunch in 1965