The second trap into which Lehrer fell was created by the fad for books in which a light bulb goes on and everything is illuminated: apparently random events are tied together by the Big Idea.

Not really. "Everything is about himself and how wonderful he thinks he is," says Sherman. "He sees the world as his playground. So its a strange head space to be in. But the music is wonderful to sing."

"We've been investors in this space for over a decade. And I don't think we've seen a better time for investing. If you look at just the solar space for example 16G W are being deployed this year, 20 GW next year, the total market out there being over $100 billion in revenue.

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But her career began much earlier, 50 years ago, as a 16-year old chorus girl, the youngest of the Laguna Lovelies in Clacton-on-Seas end-of-the-pier show with a young Roy Hudd. The role required her to wear fishnet tights, feathers and silver high heels, and, she says, gave her an upright dancers posture perfect for rocking those grand frocks in Downton Abbey.