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Sitting in the spookily deserted terrace of a hotel restaurant, Eggers in person is the thoughtful calm in the middle of the storm his film has created, someone who prefers to think his answers through before speaking.

We met on the tree-lined terrace of a West Hollywood hotel, and as we spoke, a curious squirrel crawled closer on the eaves just a few feet away, determined to crash the interview.

A larger event, which organisers say more than 10,000 people have registered for, is being held at Richmond Terrace, Whitehall, and is expected to be addressed by speakers, including the farmer and broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson.

After college, Washington and several of his closest friends, including bassist Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner, drummer Ronald Bruner Jr., pianist Cameron Graves, trombonist Ryan Porter, and multi-instrumentalist Terrace Martin, among others, began performing weekly at the Piano Bar in Hollywood, an engagement that lasted several years.

But this weekend, Duncan McKay, an avowed football fanatic, Hibernian supporter and star of BBC Scotland's A View from the Terrace, will do just that as he takes charge of 142-year-old club Albion Rovers for their Lowland League match against Hearts B.