IF ever there was the hope that airbrushing had not been employed it is on the most recent pictures of perennial star Sir Cliff Richard.

Cliff is, amazingly, almost 72 and on his 2013 calendar he still appears to boast rippling muscles, a taut six-pack and a tousled head of hair.

His 2012 calendar outsold Justin Bieber’s and over the years he’s sold more than 1.5 million calendars.

He insists he hasn’t been airbrushed and that his looks owe everything to a healthy lifestyle and good lighting, and I believe him.

Just forget here that my eyesight needs time to get going in the morning and fails me completely every time I step on the scales. Just keep on rockin’ Cliff!