Christmas gets ever closer, and so tonight was the Sony party at the Groucho Club. It’s years since I’ve been there, and all I remembered about it was that the place was a maze of staircases. It shouldn’t have been a surprise, then, when the party was… upstairs.

The best thing, though, had to be the biggest Scalextric track I’ve ever seen. Admittedly I never had Scalextric as a child, so perhaps it wasn’t that impressive after all, but I was fairly smug after winning a six-lap round.

Then again, I kind of won by default because everyone else span off before I got to the end. No matter - between the curry, the beer, the chatting and the pulling of crackers it took up most of Will, Wendy and my time until we all drifted off. The crackers, in fact, had some …erm… unusual gifts in them. I got a ‘bodywash’…

Caption: ‘Wet body. Move out of direct spray and use the cloth all over, working up a rich cleansing lather. Step back under the water to rinse off.

1. Politeness at the party
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2. Party!
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3. Party cubed
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