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This film came out soon after id spent a few months on this incredible island, where the islanders are still recovering, 25 years on, from the hurricane and volcano. The music and anecdotes are great and if you visit the island youll hear many more.... Like the guys who taught Sting to waterski not knowing how to themselves and just telling him to 'stand up!' Or the local girl who turned down a dance with Mick Jagger... George Martin's house is now the best hotel/ restaurant on the island and each room has a gold or silver disc and photos of famous guests on display. The film makes a great taster for a visit, so please do, once theyve got themselves vaccinated there.

Given the emotive flag waving nonsense that persuaded so many Brits that by leaving the EU we could rule the waves once more, this intelligent, entertaining reminder of the brutality of the British Empire. Jeremy Paxman provides a balanced picture of the traders, evangelists, adventurers and generals who built and sustained the empire, but you can't help but come away embarrassed rather than proud of the past. I'd love to see a Paxman opinion piece on royalty and religion, those two other establishment sacred cows.