{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5ff0586154e2a73589267809/6ad0cc1f2c705f746c596793?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Another Word with … Richard Thompson: includes Fairport, Lennon, Schwarzenegger and a cast of thousands!","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5ff0586154e2a73589267809/1792068171794-d54cd5b7-ef37-4071-9aab-fb22ff68b330.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>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 …</p><p><br></p><p>Arnold Schwarzenegger (and his son Wolfie)</p><p>William Shakespeare</p><p>Mandy Miller</p><p>Shostakovich</p><p>Fairport Convention</p><p>William Walton</p><p>Fellini</p><p>John Lennon</p><p>Louis Armstrong</p><p>Post-War Brighton gangsters</p><p>Nellie the Elephant</p><p>Les Paul</p><p>Harold Pinter</p><p>Booker T &amp; the M.G.’s</p><p>Bix Beiderbecke</p><p>Stephane Grappelli</p><p>Ennio Morricone</p><p>John Coltrane</p><p>Django Reinhardt</p><p>My Fair Lady</p><p>‘50s radio show Journey Into Space</p><p>Once Upon A Time In The West</p><p>… his dad (a policeman) and his first girlfriend Deirdre.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Order copies of ‘HIPPIES, THUGS AND HEROES’ here: </strong><a href=\"http://newwst.com/hippies\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://newwst.com/hippies</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>And tickets here: </strong><a href=\"https://www.richardthompson-music.com/tour-dates/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.richardthompson-music.com/tour-dates/</a></p>","author_name":"Mark Ellen, David Hepworth and Alex Gold"}