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The Ivors is always one of the best industry awards shows, and this year's was one of the best yet. It is hard to quibble with a line-up that gathers together the likes of The Clash, Pete Townshend and Stevie Wonder alongside the writers behind Bob The Builder's Can We Fix It and Craig David's Seven Days in one room. Not only was there a sense of mutual respect in the air, but there was also history to be learnt (excuse my ignorance, but I didn't know that Jimmy Page, who was also present, played rhythm on the first Who single until Townshend mentioned it). Suffice it to say that all of them hit the spot on the day, as anyone lucky enough to have been there will report. It was exactly 12 months ago that this column predicted that Craig David would be back on stage this year and so he was. But what was most remarkable at the Grosvenor House last Thursday was not so much the contrast between the newest stars and those who have doing it for ...