You may well be interested in listening to this interview with Missy 'Misdemeanour' Elliott on Sara Cox's Radio 1 show (15 mins). I'm not sure Sara's new butch Esther Rantzen look really suits her - what do you think?

Missy Elliott's new single 'Work It' hits the shops from tomorrow. I've been listening to it on mp3 for weeks now and it's thoroughly recommended. Her new album follows in a couple of weeks.

Missy has attracted some negative comments following a fitness regime that has seen her lose four stone. There are those that say they preferred her previous, more rounded, persona which was seen as a positive role model for larger women everywhere. This seems particularly unfair as Missy was responding to medical guidance following a blood pressure problem. And anyway, whatever happened to a woman's autonomy over her own body?