I was forced by Nick, a young green-fingered friend, to spend nearly five hours gardening, much of the time in the rain. I then had to fly off to help judge the Tried and Trusted short film competition at the Ark Theatre with Suzanne and Josie. We agreed with the audience and voted David Welsh’s animated film Nothing To Lose as runner-up and the winning entry was The Letter by James Sharpe. About a year or so back, I was invited to the premiere of a lottery-funded film, costing about £1million, that had started life as a short film. I hope the short film competition can find a new home when the Ark is demolished as we need to encourage talent.