Palin’s face helps Parkinson’s push

GLOBETROTTING funnyman Michael Palin and Harry Potter actress Julie Walters are among the famous faces who have been sitting for portraits as part of an exhibition at the Oxo Gallery on London’s South Bank next week to raise funds and awareness for Parkinson’s disease.

The exhibition, which launches at the Oxo Gallery on London’s South Bank on World Parkinson’s Day on April 11, is a collection of over 100 portraits of leading public figures, MPs and pioneering researchers.