Bill Clinton, David Beckham, and Sven-Goran Eriksson

They are three men with potentially useful contributions to make to the following event, outlined in Monday's Daily Telegraph:

Monica Lewinsky will appear at the Edinburgh TV Festival to discuss the money she made from the revelations of her relationship with former US President Bill Clinton.

She will join Rebecca Loos, who also received payments for interviews following her alleged affair with England football captain David Beckham, in a panel discussion on chequebook journalism.

The panel could also use the insights of Faria Alam, alleged paramour of England football team manager Sven, and key player in the preposterous and preposterously named Svengate "scandal." Of course, the most interesting compare and contrast between the US and UK versions of these media imbroglios is that in the UK the player-hating doesn't reach the point where it's used to change the government. But perhaps America's ace puritan/pervert, Ken Starr, will feel tempted to hop on a plane to Scotland just for old time's sake.

UPDATE 22 JUNE 2005: we're seeing some Google searches come here to determine Faria Alam's nationality, with her being back in the news because of her sexual harassment case against the FA. She's from Bangladesh.