No doubt we all have a slightly inflated view of our own self-importance. So, whilst I'd quite like a star on the Walk of Fame to forever cast my notoriety in concrete, I'm realistic about the extent of my reach (Streatham Hill: yes. Hollywood: unlikely, unless the 137 changes its route). Nor am I especially excited about committing a newsworthy crime and going down in the history books as a sociopath.

So while I work on my debut novel, sure to make me famous and be reissued as a Penguin Classic, I'm going to use the one thing I have to my immediate advantage: being nobody.

Rankin, he of the glossy fashion photographs, is looking for 1000 'real' Brits to photograph before September. If chosen, you get your own Rankin for £50, with all proceeds going to charity, and you'll star in the man's upcoming retrospective at The Old Truman Brewery.

Or why not take part in Antony Gormley's new work, One and Other, which plans to put members of the public up on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth, 24/7 for 100 days starting this July.