They’ve grown up on a diet of people spraying their lives across public platforms, whether it’s YouTube bloggers, Snapchat or even the love island mobs. They seem to want to exchange almost anything for monetisation and possibly fame, hopefully to lead to monetisation.

Oh man, we had low “sofas” that you didn’t ask the provenance of stains on. The plastic chairs for “training” meetings were pretty rough. But an upright dinner chair is just passive aggressive architecture. Good luck with the job, I salute your tenacity.

And that concrete floor is unmerciful on the feet and back. Working retail I never needed a pedometer and adored the rubbish chairs in the rest room!

Hi Robin! Good to see the man himself. I don’t need a pint of Guinness to work that out, just a billy bragg album.

You, sir, have a world of joy and exploration ahead of you. I would be happy to introduce you to it whenever you’re up for travel (we have mutuals). There is something magical about a performer or orchestra in a room with an audience.

Last night or any concert? Getting tickets for the last night can be incredibly challenging unless you buy the corporate package (yeah that exists). The main concert series is fantastic. Didn’t attend this year for health reasons but have been going for a while otherwise.

It's their feelings that matter to them, and if the truth contradicts that, the feelings win out.

People have come to believe their feelings are more important than reality.

And that? That is TERRIFYING.

And the idea of you doing in our time is amazing. A good name to carry on such a landmark show.

Ah, understood. Thank you.

This is what UK media and politicians are doing with the false immigration crisis and it’s awful. Stops too many people asking the right questions. Thank you for explaining the sociological aspect.

But why is the stock photo of a person looking at what appears to be a urine pregnancy test? Post Partum depression? As a non subscriber I can’t read the full paper.

Erm. No. Because Europe has realised that only certain types of progress is actually progress, not just a techbros dream. Progress should be measured not by unsustainable growth but by the overall satisfaction of the population.

Middle of the South Downs national park too. Lovely.

I have not. That’s ideal for today’s rainy sewing listening

Absolutely. I’d forgotten about that one. Thank you!

Surely it’s the wrong time of year. Normally it’s Beltane to include the sacrifice?

If you happen to find yourself in Surrey, UK at any point I highly recommend Hatchlands Park. The most remarkable collection of pianos including Chopin, Elgar, Mozart (reportedly) Napoleon, Vaughn Williams. The list was astonishing.

And Michael Collins I see. Not sure if he won but is certainly a remarkable performer now. Beautiful tone.