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Apologies to those who thought I'd come over all prima donna on my last posting - or indeed pre-Madonna as an ex-colleague memorably described it (presumably in the era before lacey gloves and conical bras).

It just seems ironic that the protocol for a celebrity interview is now twice as complicated as one with a government official, a foreign ambassador or even a royal.

A couple of points of order. We did interview Sharman MacDonald, Kevin, she appeared on Shereen's Show on Sunday and she's done a number of interviews with Radio Scotland over the years.

It's just a shame her first interview for TV in a while was so so short. And much as I love a good gander at Grazia - I don't think you could accuse any of our other featured film actors (the cast of Trouble Sleeping from Edinburgh's Theatre Workshop, Ian Hamilton - the 82 year old inspiration for Stone of Destiny and high-wire artiste Phillipe Petit) of being regulars in that publication!

As for worrying about what the film festival thinks, Beeblog, I don't think they've even noticed.

We certainly haven't been banned from anything yet, although according to Mark Lawson in this week's Guardian, there's a growing trend for film companies to freeze out cantankerous critics.

So I'm not alone, I guess. At least we can keep each other company, sitting outside on the pavement.

Southsidequeen is absolutely right - the best stuff is happening off the red carpet - and long may that continue.

We're all complicit in this obsession with celebrity nonsense - and the more we can persuade programme editors to look beyond the razzamatazz to genuinely interesting film-making, the better coverage will be. Although sometimes, it's a good way of elbowing the other stuff onto a news agenda.

And good to hear from you MT. It seems a lifetime ago since we were getting dolled up for a night out at Akrams! Glad to hear you're settled and enjoying life in the US of A.

To a slightly less glamorous location, a peeling close in Glasgow's Parnie Street, temporary home to the Glasgow Women's Library which has just been given a £410,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to establish the first Women's Archive in Scotland.

It looks like an extension of the neighbouring Barras - stacks of plain cardboard boxes full of books, magazines and papers - but this is quite an amazing collection. Gathered over the past 20 years, it shows a chapter of social history which might soon be forgotten.

In these days of blogs and websites, who still recalls typing up their own newsletter and dilligently running off some photocopies?

Hundreds of women's aid groups did, as well as campaigners and protesters.

Now their clumsily stapled magazines are to be catalogued in the new archive - along with badges from the anti-nuclear protests of the 80s, postcards from the suffragette campaigns and family planning material from the last five decades.

There's one eyebrow raising leaflet from the 50s in which a Q&A session includes the question "are homosexuals dangerous?" the answer begins "yes, they can be".

As Sue John, strategic development manager of the archive says, it is a view which may still be held today.

But it is unlikely to be found in any official government-sponsored publication.

For women like Anne, Catherine and Beatrice - who all regularly use the library - it's more than just a pile of paperwork.

It's a place for social networking as much as academic research - and they're hopeful its new location in Glasgow's Mitchell Library will find it an even wider audience.

They reckon the Glasgow Women's Library is a misnomer anyway - they're already reaching a wider cross-section of the country and men are always welcome.

The campaigning isn't over yet. The heritage lottery money is just a third of the cost of the project - so they still have another £800,000 to raise before the archive officially launches in 2010.

And finally, good luck and fingers crossed for Evelyn Glennie - soon to be Dame Evelyn Glennie.

Originally announced in the 2007 New Year honours, she's been struggling to find a gap in her schedule to get to the palace.

Currently in the states on tour, she's due to fly in to London on Wednesday - just hours before the investiture.

Her team have their fingers well and truly crossed - her transatlantic flight was nine hours late on the way out!