Jon Ronson, Charlie Dore, Meg Rosoff, Viv Groskop, Hannah Greenfield and Terry Watkins.

Terry Watkins kicked off with his story about how he missed the deciding goals of the 1966 World Cup Final thanks to the fact that his very structured father insisted on taking the family to the cinema during extra time.  Next up was Viv Groskop who recalled the time she went on tour of the Ukraine with the band of her then boyfriend and discovered exactly how British she was. Our musical turn was the fabulous Charlie Dore who explained how her quest for someone who could relieve her anxiety about flying led her to write “£50 Father”.

Writer and film-maker Jon Ronson came next with two short stories about how he responded rashly to provocation from children. There was no way anybody was going to follow Hannah Greenfield with a story about her father that it would be glib to attempt to summarise here. As one correspondent put it “I am gobsmacked at Hannah’s bravery & well, grace.”

Thanks to everyone who told their stories and everyone who contributed no less by listening so carefully. Apologies if the service in the pub was a bit slower than usual. They’d just had a small staff crisis which will be sorted out in due course.

Charlie Dore’s wonderful album “Cheapskate Lullabyes” is out now, as is Jon Ronson’s “The Psychopath Test”.