Increasingly the media is obsessed with spilling the beans on the lives and loves of an army of top (and not so top) celebrities. Whole magazines are devoted to pouring over the all the details and it would appear the public cannot get enough. Celebrities claim to hate media intrusion, but they are quite willing to use it when it suits them. Many people see the press as a short-cut to celebrity and there are many people who gained fame through nothing more then appearing in the tabloids. So how much do the public have a right to know? And is it different for another branch of celebrity, the politicians. As our elected representatives, should we expect their private lives to be purer than pure?

Tell us what you think about celebrities and their rights to privacy. We want to hear what you have to say about the need for legislation. Does it really matter if Blair pays for extra private tuition for his state educated children? Do we have the right to know if a well-known chatshow host has been caught shoplifting or an actress is being unfaithful?

• What constitutes an invasion of privacy? What constitutes a celebrity?

• Is that invasion different for a celebrity and an ordinary person?

• Are the British and American media out of control? Should legislation to protect privacy be toughened up?

• Do celebrities who repeatedly invite the press into their beautiful homes have any right to complain when they are doorstopped by photographers?

• Is there such a thing as 'the public's right to know'?

• Why are we so fascinated by other people's lives?

• Do you read Hello, OK, National Enquirer or Heat magazine?