1092Foreign Language Friday: Our German subject confesses to having a fondness for hanging around with friends and listening to music as a boy. His father told him that “If you would invest your energy in something sensible, you might get somewhere”.

Having explained this story, our subject, amusingly, said: “I’m pleased to say he was absolutely wrong. I have a lovely wife, a child, and life’s great.” He explains more in his audio commentary Taken at the Barbican Centre in east London.