`Robyn Hitchcock and Heavy Friends' headlined Friday night at the small-but-wonderful Clerkenwell Festival.

A tighter, shorter, more powerful version of the Naff Hits set - Funky Town, Another Girl Another Planet, Love Don't Live Here Anymore, Come Up And See Me (Make Me Smile), Dancing Queen, Sound and Vision (medley) - with some amazing additions - Are Friends Electric/Tired of Waiting, Lucifer Sam, Kingdom of Love.

Lucifer Sam just took off; guitars, horns, bass, drums, vocals, all so powerful, so overwhelming that - despite the fact that a fair proportion of the audience had no idea what the hell was happening - it was the best received song of the whole evening. Kingdom of Love was a close second. Followed by Come Up And See Me, then Funky Town.

Robyn was wearing an excellent shirt and singing incredibly well; Kimberley's guitar was even better than last time; Morris was perfect, without monitors; Terry Edwards was sporting three horns; Paul Noble made everything happen.

And everyone was smiling, laughing, dancing, and generally very happy indeed. Oh, and it was all free. Who could ask for anything more?

x Jim