Thanks to everyone who braved the slush to make it to last night’s True Stories Told Live at The Compass, which was our best-attended yet. It was so well-attended, in fact, that the listening throng spilled out on to the landing. They were treated to former army officer Lance Gerrard-Wright who told the story of how a date with a Bosnian interpreter led him into a Mexican stand-off and almost being arrested as a spy. Then there was Delia Ryan who came along to a previous event and felt like having a go. She described what it’s like to find out how unsuitable you are for the job of cabin crew rather late in the day. Our musical turn was the sainted MJ Hibbett who described how he played a gig in New York, culminating in a song enigmatically called “I Played A Gig In New York”. After the interval – with a brief pit stop for our compere Kerry Shale to relate what it’s like to voice a hamburger commercial for the Middle  Eastern market – Jude Rogers talked about a Welsh male voice choir, her brother and Robert Plant. We finished with Danny Brainin discussing the moral issues of dining out in a former Nazi stronghold in Austria. Thanks to all. Our next ‘function’ is on February 10th at the same place. Kerry thinks our storytellers should be given a less clunky name. I favour ‘turns’. Over to you if you’ve got any ideas.