For the love of Françoise Hardy, Ben Sidran and the TV comedy Twenty Twelve

Word In Your Ear

Among the logs tossed on the conversational bonfire this week to combat mid-June’s British winter you’ll find …

… ‘I Managed Van Morrison’ and other films screaming to be made.

… how it feels to watch someone play from the best seat in the house.

… Françoise Hardy, her unsmiling photos and legions of besotted male admirers (ie us and everyone else).

… the time she met Dylan and Nick Drake.

… Juliette Greco, Edith Piaf and the handful of French stars who made it across the Channel.

… the joy of small venues: “the bigger the gig, the smaller a component of the experience the actual performance is”.

… Elvis Costello’s photographic memory.

… Maria Muldaur with Earl Palmer and Amos Garrett.

… why Twenty Twelve says more about British life than any other TV show.

... the terrible jokes of Ronnie Scott.

… “Kate Bush grew up in a world without sarcasm.”

… Siobhan Sharpe, Bertie Wooster, the Artful Dodger, Basil Fawlty, Edina & Patsy and other deathless British fictional stereotypes.

… plus birthday guest Paul Thompson and books tracking down people who’ve played with Dexys and Dylan. And who should be next – Hawkwind, Van Morrison?

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