Timothy Spall picked up a New York Film Critics Circle Best Actor award this week for his enchanting role in Mr Turner, in which he plays the 19th-century landscape painter, and is tipped for an Oscar nomination.


Like his wife, Timothy Spall has been unlucky when it comes to flying. He was about to attend Cannes in 1996 but collapsed. Pic/AFP 

So let's hope his wife, Shane, who accompanied him, has a more rewarding experience when she flies over for the Academy Awards in Los Angeles in February.