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
Les Paul
Harold Pinter
Booker T & the M.G.’s
Bix Beiderbecke
Stephane Grappelli
Ennio Morricone
John Coltrane
Django Reinhardt
My Fair Lady
‘50s radio show Journey Into Space
Once Upon A Time In The West
… his dad (a policeman) and his first girlfriend Deirdre.

Order copies of ‘HIPPIES, THUGS AND HEROES’ here: newwst.com/hippies

And tickets here: richardthompson-music.com/tour-dates
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