Pete Doherty's Short but Explosive Career

Pete Doherty's short but explosive career has embraced all the classic rock 'n' roll cliches: a wildly exciting band - The Libertines - hailed as saviours of rock, a bitter fall out with a musical partner, drug problems leading to prison, an affair with a world-famous model, and sufficient tabloid headlines to paper the side of a house.

How did it all happen? Here in his own words, spiced with wit and candour, is Pete's side of the story.