NB this photo makes it look like there were only three people in the audience but I'm pretty sure there were more than that.

Thank you! I enjoyed my evening in Dijon so much.

Thanks Emma!

Maybe! Besides, in my very early days as a book reviewer for the Guardian and Sunday Times I certainly dished it out myself, so I don't think I can complain when I get it back.

I'm planning to watch Pillion, the film version of Box Hill, even though seeing it described as 'Richard Curtis with butt plugs' makes me suspect it might not be right for me.

(I'm not a big Richard Curtis fan.)

Thanks Sinéad! A novel can influence its readers in all sorts of different ways, but this is one that I didn't anticipate.

That’s no way to speak about Orson Welles’s masterpiece.

A few years ago my daughter said to me rather bitterly, 'How come I've never seen Citizen Kane but thanks to you I've had to watch this film twice?'

And you too, Neil!

In 2005 I went to see Into Great Silence, a documentary about Carthusian monks and literally the quietest film ever made. The guy next to me munched popcorn continuously, without the least embarrassment.

Wow, what a (well-deserved) honour! Congratulations Kate.

Haven’t seen it I’m afraid. I like the idea of Godard much more than I like his films.

Yes, with a lot of pleasure. But Nouvelle Vague really is a gem.

Liked Blue Moon too - amazing for Linklater to have made those two films back-to-back.