Nice 15 minutes - thanks for the heads-up! Good to hear he started with Bert Weedon's "Play In A Day" - just like the rest of us. Also very interesting to hear that he had classical lessons - he said himself that this gave him a real boost.

If ever there was such a thing as a National Treasure in the UK, Richard Thompson is it. Some people, apparently, don't "get" him. Their loss.