I am the world’s sexiest man. Mr Burton and Mr Sinatra take second place to me in the sex-appeal stakes. Sex appeal isn’t just straight teeth, a square jaw and a solid torso. Look at me. I’m 63 and the first thing in the morning I have a face like a woollen mat. And yet I am the most desirable man in the world. Indeed, if I put my mind to it I am sure I  could pass the supreme test and lure Miss Taylor away from Mr Burton… NEVER a believer in false modesty, Noel Coward was one of the most significant and witty figures in the world of the theatre. As a playwright, revue writer, lyricist, composer, actor and director, he made an unforgettable impression on the international scene – and continues to make it in contemporary culture today. here is the essence of his brilliant personality – the carefully studied insult…the polished repartee…the timely aphorism and of course, the rapier-like comment.