Pete Doherty: ‘this mad soldier inside me who never cries, who never gets upset’

At the height of his fame – fronting the Libertines, going out with supermodel Kate Moss and being one of Britain’s most famous drug addicts – Pete Doherty was emblematic of London’s highlife.

But now the singer has switched the capital for the shores of Margate.

And rather unexpectedly he and The Libertines are opening a hotel.

Before going on tour with his new band, he spoke to Minnie Stephenson.