The great Ansel Adams said that a good photograph is about knowing where to stand. And Greg Williams has stood in a lot of the right places over the past 30 years. Having cut his teeth as a photojournalist, he has earnt a reputation as the man to call when you want a compelling and candid shot of a very famous person.

Men have a problem with their friends. Rather, their friendships, specifically. Barely a week goes by without a report telling us that 49 per cent of us have never opened up about our emotions with a friend. Or that two-thirds of young men think that nobody really knows them. Or that 32 per cent of us don’t have a best friend at all. Imagine that: all these stats and no one to share them with.

Oscar nominations always provoke hot debate and outrage in the WhatsApp groups of cinephiles. This year, that discourse seemed to focus around whether Sinners – up for 16 gongs – could destroy the story of the much-hyped Marty Supreme (up for nine). And with it, redemption for Timothée Chalamet, after a perceived slight last year when he missed out on Best Actor for A Complete Unknown to Adrian Brody for The Brutalist.

In 1976, the BBC visited British painter David Hockney at his studio for an edition of cultural magazine show The Book Programme. The segment opens with the artist and a colleague discussing plans for a new work, soundtracked by a clipped, RP voice-over. “Hockney dyes his hair yellow and wears gig lamps,” the voice says. “A treat, really, since these days painters seem to look like anyone else.”

The great Ansel Adams said that a good photograph is about knowing where to stand. And Greg Williams has stood in a lot of the right places over the past 30 years. Having cut his teeth as a photojournalist, he has earnt a reputation as the man to call when you want a compelling and candid shot of a very famous person.

Men have a problem with their friends. Rather, their friendships, specifically. Barely a week goes by without a report telling us that 49 per cent of us have never opened up about our emotions with a friend. Or that two-thirds of young men think that nobody really knows them. Or that 32 per cent of us don’t have a best friend at all. Imagine that: all these stats and no one to share them with.