Our bountiful hosts for this international themed evening were Max and Silvie. Everyone dresses up. We start with champagne and passion fruit. The eight course French meal includes a starter of pate, pea soup and basil oil, rabbit stew and chocolate mousse. Father Richard and Paul Blezard join us. Beer is partly sponsored by Palestinian company Taybeh (the finest in the Middle East), and sweet Greek dessert wine by Samos supplied by the kind folks at wine specialist eclectic wines.
Paul Moss’s piece on happiness, reported from the festival, airs on Radio 4 while we are all eating.