there was nobody like menuin.is first explosion onto the international scene was unparalleled. >> i encountered the great man when i was a shop assistant down the road from here. >> really? >> yeah, i was 20 years old. he came in. his wife came in, and she's quite something. but his aura was really, really present. amazing to meet you today and to talk about him. because you then went to the menuhin boarding school at the age of 6. >> 8 at the time. >> it was dire, wasn't it? >> well, it was too early for me. it is a very, very fine school. at the time, you know, i didn't really know what practice was. i didn't know what the regime of making music was. i just wanted to have fun and play. so it didn't go down too well. i was very unruly. i had to spend too much time on one piece. also, boarding was -- i was homesick. the whole thing didn't go well, put it that way. >> well, your mom, in fact, speaks eloquently to the bits that didn't go well, when she was called in by the teachers for disciplinary actions and compl