The weather was kind during the Palladium run – but I’m told Rachel had ‘Singing In The Rain’ in reserve. Then there was a terrific revival of Jesus Christ Superstar at the uniquely impressive Watermill Theatre in Newbury. Chess, which I wrote with Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, is being revived some 37 years after its extremely brief run. The score and the songs of the show have been extraordinarily popular since they were first heard on record in 1984. And then Andrew Lloyd Webber and I have written half a dozen songs to slip into a new comedy by Humphrey Ker and David Reed entitled Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas.