Avid readers of showbiz rags will be familiar with the coy protestations of ‘celebrities’ who insist they {don’t like to talk about{ all the charity work they do – confessionals which are invariably accompanied by a double-page photo special of the budding Mother Teresa up to her elbows in generous deeds.

Similarly, most big-shot lawyers take only the gentlest coaxing to come clean about their latest groundbreaking deal – abandoning pretensions of client confidentiality at the drop of a hat.