Dear Speed-1, Some of the most interesting discussion on the media can be found in this week's Guardian Weekly. George Will (I agree with him seldom) points out that one of Diana's problems was that, like a lot of celebrities, she wanted publicity when she wanted it -- and she was very manipulative -- and wanted it to go away when she wanted it. Garbo (whom he mentions) fled it forever. Diana got away with it in part because of the notion that she was now using her fame for good causes. But I think (as I mentioned earlier) that her relationship to the public space was far more complex than that, half seducer, half seduced. Her brother (who was once a television reporter!) wasn't exactly being honest about that part. The most interesting piece in the paper was from Decca Aikenhead who argues that the vast crowds were as much about people wanting to be part of history and to be inarguably part of something noble and good collectively, than about mourning. She thinks that with the loss of the communal spirit, people felt that a space had opened up for sharing, and people made the most of it. All interesting.