In the real world we don’t need celebrity do-gooders trying to cheer us up

I appreciate the effort, but most of us have bigger things to worry about on our own doorsteps, writes Janet Street-Porter

Bono is trying to raise spirits on social media (Getty)

Celebrity do-gooders are singing on Facebook and YouTube to cheer us up but the results can be excruciating. From Bono to Sir Anthony Hopkins.

Thank you for your efforts, but what I really need isn’t a tune or a bit of shakily filmed slapstick, but a bag of flour and some fresh fruit.

Faced with a lack of employment for the forseeable future, with concerts, plays and film sets closed down, it’s important that well-known performers keep in the public eye, just to remind us (and casting agents) how wonderfully talented they are when work comes round again. Am I a complete cynic? (Answer – yes).