When I was doing my Theatre Studies degree I had this argument with one of my lecturers. Well, not an argument exactly, but certainly a difference of opinion. I had to write about a play, 'Bingo' which dealt with the death of Shakespeare. I had a pretty good idea what the writer was trying to say, but I also felt that the text was open to a different interpretation, and it was that different interpretation I wrote about. I was marked down, I knew I would be, but I went and saw the lecturer concerned and said that surely what makes an artist's work real is that the consumer, the audience at a play or movie, the music fan, the reader, must interpret the work before them in a a way that works for them. We talked for a while, she took my point and...still marked me down.

Why do I mention all this? Ah gentle reader, it's because one thing I love about an MTC Potpourri mix is that all the categories are open to interpretation. You can play it straight, or you can bend the words a little. I like to do a bit of both. Let the games commence...