I was told the other day, at dinner, that I had a very gay childhood. I believe they meant gay in the camp sense of the word, rather than actually gay, ‘happy’ or as some kind of strange modern term of abuse. It was a friend of a friend, who I last saw at my friend’s birthday party last year (where they were very amused to find I knew all the lyrics to some very cheesy Eighties music). This year we found a mutual appreciation for two lesser known musicals which I had loved as a child.

Firstly Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, which I don’t think is all that strange to know about…is it? Anyway, I always wanted to be Dorcas (Julie Newmar) and had a serious crush on Benjamin. The two were separate desires, but it was quite neat that they ended up together in the story.