A fitting end

The Uncertainty Division's experiences this summer were finally celebrated properly in London last weekend, and a jolly time was had by all. Well, alas, not all - in that many of the many many people who have been involved in making this series of emergencies Extremely Memorable were unavailable, being either in France or York or in the midst of other crises. Absent friends were therefore toasted and the anecdotes sparkled like fine champagne.

- Andrew Pontzen was particularly missed, for reasons which should be apparent from everything else written about him in this diary.

- Phil Stott was rightly cussed for living in London yet still being absent, though that's only because we like him; we recalled with mirth how Ali thought at first that he was a girl.

- Ali Glennon used her mobile phone at the table and we decided we should all point at her intimidatingly.

- My recent purchases from River Island were much admired.

- The Jameses made a long and winding speech about the show's gestation and ultimate fruition, which involved a lot of egg imagery and was much admired.

- Everyone read their favourite bits from the official book of musings we kept during the summer; Phil's short play "One in June" was much admired.

- Susie Parker was much admired.

- After the meal, Andrew Ormerod led an expedition of some of the remaining party to a bar which looked very classy indeed, but which tried to charge us £10 to enter. Because we only wanted one drink, and moreover we are all paupers, said expedition was redirected towards Oxford Street and became rather less focussed. Ultimately it was aborted altogether, after the Oxford Street Christmas lights had been not very much admired.

Thus officially ends another improvisational adventure, which was really just a smaller version of life - and that, at least, continues.