Obsessive Minogue fan bulk collects magazines to wallpaper his home with Kylie

Aug. 13, 2010 - PRLog -- Portsmouth's summer really started to sizzle when super-sexy Kylie Minogue appeared on the front cover of the city's local magazine.

But as fast as they appeared on the streets the glossy magazines seemed to vanish...

One devoted local fan seemed determined to hoard copies of CityLife's latest edition.  All so he called wallpaper his house with pictures of the Aussie superbabe.

Local oddball Alistair Davenport, 38, who lives in a terraced house close to the Gun-wharf seafront, says he has always adored Kylie Minogue ever since she was a star of tv soap Neighbours.

"I think she has the most lovely eyes," smiled Alistair. "When I saw copies of CityLife magazine being handed out in my local Portsmouth supermarket,  I had an idea!  It was weird. It was as if her eyes were speaking to me."

So Alistair borrowed a wheelbarrow from a neighbour and started to collect up as many copies of the magazine as he could. From shops, supermarkets, the library and the hospital.

He then set about his unique form of interior design.

Alistair explains; "It was simply a matter of gluing the dozens of copies of the cover across the walls of my flat. It took a couple of nights to get right, but now I have Kylie looking at me all of the time!"

Regular readers though were a little miffed. As a result, the magazine's editor, Duncan Williams, has promised to get an extended late summer print run arranged. So no one will miss out.

Says the editor;  "We all knew that an interview and cover picture of Kylie would go down well with local Portsmouth readers, but we were not banking on Alistair's over keen interest in the singer."

So does he hold a grudge against Alistair Davenport?

"No, not at all," says the CityLife Portsmouth editor. "Alistair is well known around here as a bit of an eccentric. He has even helped us to distribute the magazine in the past. Most of last summer he was very keen on hovercraft spotting and would be seen on the beach photographing arrivals from the Isle of Wight. Maybe the heat this year has got to him... Anyway, I think this change of interest is a probably a very healthy sign."

And as an magazine editor it's always good to know you have at least one avid reader...  

Maybe someone you know has built a budget shrine to their favourite celeb?  If so, why not write into CityLife magazine and tell us all about it.  Who knows?..  There might even be a front page story in it!

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