Elton `keen' to work with Robbie.

Sir Elton John has said he would like to write with Robbie Williams following the EMI star's high-profile split with long-time collaborator Guy Chambers.

Sir Elton, who is being honoured with songwriting partner Bernie Taupin at November 4's Music Industry Trusts Dinner, says he has not been approached by Williams, but would definitely be keen. "I'd love to write with Robbie," he says. "I do write with people when they ask me, but I don't often get asked."

Despite a hugely successful career stretching back more than three decades, Sir Elton has had only a few songwriting partners, among them Gary Osborne and Sir Tim Rice. ...