I was surprised to learn that Kenneth Williams was born in a house on Bingfield Street, Kings Cross, barely 5 minutes from my front door. It's strange how easily people can rise to fame, and fall into mediocrity. Not that Kenneth Williams became mediocre, but the author of Radio 4's recent programme on his life revealed that has the work dried up, there were only a few people, one being his mother, who were prepared to remain close to him. Much more likely this had to do with his personality, and not however successful he was at the time.