The band won the International Achievement award at the posh ceremony but Ed said that the honour won’t encourage them to get back into the studio just yet: “We just haven’t made any firm plans about what we’re going to do yet. We just wanted to get this past year out of our systems then sit down and once we’ve had some time to think about it, then actually make some decisions about what comes next.”

“We’re just recharging our batteries and we know that we want to come back and make some music together, hopefully in the not-too-distant future. But we just want to take our time and make sure it’s the right time for us.”

[from may 27th:]

The BBC talked to Jonny Greenwood to find out why, although they normally avoid award ceremonies, they turned out to collect their International Achievement award: “This award ceremony is more about song writing which is something we enjoy very much as a band - watching songs change and having Thom turn up with songs that we can either finish up or ruin. That’s the most core process for us, in terms of being in a band, so anything that celebrates that is great.”