Devon. I’m in Devon. And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak.

This evening, at the Plymouth Arts Cinema I had the honours of introducing a screening of the modern silent that made a big noise, The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011). You remember? The one that won FIVE Oscars? With the dashing Jean Dujardin and the yet more dashing Uggie the Dog?

Raise one Gallic eyebrow if you know the film I mean.