In this week's FT HTSI mag Nicola Moulton has written a cracking interview with Max Richter, who will also be performing and talking to her at this year's FT Weekend Festival. I love his unpretentious take on what artists do: "Ultimately, we're all just trying to figure stuff out by making things." He's definitely the soundtrack to my weekend, as is the brilliant Eddy Grant, who was the soundtrack of my early teens – it was a total pleasure to talk to him about his love for restoring houses and Sting jumping in his pool fully clothed... link to Max Richter in bio