David Bowie used to watch a children’s TV puppet show with John Lennon, tried to impress Mick Jagger with a Christmas gift that backfired and was never happy with his smash-hit Queen duet Under Pressure. These are some of the amazing stories uncovered by the author of a new book about the chart-topper who sold more than 100 million records during his lifetime. Despite his death from liver cancer in 2016 at the age of 69, Bowie’s huge back catalogue continues to be snapped up every year by fans