Another Word with … Richard Thompson: includes Fairport, Lennon, Schwarzenegger and a cast of thousands!

Richard Thompson has a new album, ‘Hippies, Thugs and Heroes’, and he’s touring again in 2027, the perfect excuse to get another of our favourite guests back in the chair again. He joins us here for a brilliant, free-wheeling conversation with a cast list including …

Arnold Schwarzenegger (and his son Wolfie)

William Shakespeare

Mandy Miller

Shostakovich

Fairport Convention

William Walton

Fellini

John Lennon

Louis Armstrong

Post-War Brighton gangsters

Nellie the Elephant