It's here, along with a picture of his flat.

There's also a great comment from "Stroud and Proud".

*"Stroud Green, far from fashionable area of North London."

*Stroud Green is home to a rising number of stars and fashionable creative types who make it fashionable, but equally couldn't give two hoots what the likes of the Standard think of it. Actually, once the ES starts declaring the area's desirability it'll be all over...

• Stroud And Proud, Stroud Green, London, UK

James McAvoy has featured on these hallowed pages before too - quite a long way down this thread: http://www.stroudgreen.org/comments.php?DiscussionID=450

I am impressed that I've only managed to mention that on SG.org once, I was so excited.

Ages ago, I also shared a taxi from Milton Keynes to London with the lovely James M (long story, suffice to say it was Virgin Trains' fault) - just after State of Play had been on the telly. He was living in Gillespie Road at that point, and debating whether to go and do a big American soap which he'd been offered. Good choice, I'd say.

I've tried to have a think where it is, but I can't.

I might do a recce with the picture sometime.

I don't know what 'infra dig' means.

Should I bother to look it up?

Nemo gratis mendax

http://www.mwscomp.com/movies/brian/brian-08.htm

reminds me of this, which was on TV last week

which is the last thing you would expect from the London Paper.

and it continues. Caitlin Moran of the Times shops in that Budgens too.

Don’t you dare diss Budgens

Last week, the Daily Mail (always a reliable collection of the day’s maddest thoughts) had a story about the handsome, successful, talented British actor James McAvoy. “Despite” being nominated for a Bafta for his role in Atonementand “earning millions” for his roles in The Chronicles of Narnia and the upcoming Wanted with Angelina Jolie, he and his actress wife, the lovely Anne-Marie Duff, live in a “humble, tiny second floor-flat” in the “far from fashionable” North London area of Stroud Green. “Their car is a Nissan worth less that £1,000,” the Mail fretted, before adding, “and the couple shop in their local Budgens.”

Now hang on a minute. Hang on a minute. I turned a blind eye when the Mail laid into Eastern European immigrants, abortion, working mothers, homosexuals, the NHS, the welfare state, Hillary Clinton, Stephen Fry and any scientific or sociopolitical advancement after 1878, but here – right here – I draw the line. Not Budgens, Daily Mail! Not on my watch! Not in my name! I go to that Budgens. And that Budgens is amazing. It has a whole section of produce grown within a 30-mile radius. It sells hemp bags. It sells homemade sticky-toffee puddings made by an old lady. It’s all “heritage sausages” this, and “grab-bags of sunflower seeds sprinkled with sweet smoked paprika” that. McAvoy, I can assure you, isn’t sitting around in a string vest, living on Dairylea Dunkers and cans of Nurishment. Or if he is, he’s not getting them from Budgens.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/caitlin_moran/article3295063.ece?openComment=true

I often shop at the Ferme Park Londis and it is expensive, but I am always aghast at how expensive Budgens is - quite incredible.

I was in a cab at the weekend and the driver was listening to George Galloway's phone in show - no idea which radio station it was on but it was god awful. Cannot believe that someone pays him money to do it.

I suppose he's just saying he's against globalised capitalism but seeing as its here it should at least do what it says on the tin. Not to defend the twat, he's worse than Morrissey.

I just realised that this looks like "Ooo, miaow, you go girl!" rather than a lovely reference to GG licking make-believe cream out of Rula Lenska's cupped hands.

Living the dream Andrew, living the dream.

Walking on crumbled up Peak Freens Teatime assortment surely.