Connections

I love it when unexpected connections appear.
Recently, in the middle of the night, I heard an old 'Desert Island Discs' where the guest was Jacqueline Wilson who chose, just as I started listening, 'Mythical kings and Iguanas' by Dorey Previn. I was instantly fascinated by the song which had somehow passed me by back in the '80s. I later downloaded the whole album and played it frequently over the following weeks.
Time passed and one day I was listening  to 'Womans Hour' when, after a live performance by two women folk singers, Jenni Murray said that it took her back to the time when she used to go to Barnsley Folk Club. That was interesting because the secretary of Spalding Folk Club comes from Barnsley and went to the same club. In a burst of nostalgia she had booked Dave Burland for the Spalding club and when he came I discovered that he had a CD on which he sang 'Mythical Kings' and also that he remembered Jenni Murray who apparently had a crush on him.
Now I have two CDs with that song and an interesting image of the Barnsley folk scene 40 years ago.
Another slight connection was also triggered by 'Womans Hour'. A few months ago the Womans Hour drama was about F Scott Fitzgerald and that reminded me of 'Tender is the Night' and the film and song that were significant many years ago. I bought the DVD! This weekend David Nichols, the author of 'One Day' was interviewed and at the end of the interview he said that he loves 'Tender is the Night' and would really like to write the screenplay for a new version.
None of this is important but it is interesting to see unexpected ways in which the world is connected.