w/e 2026-08-02

I came across this ten-year-old mix by Time Is Away on NTS this week, half of whose similar tracks I’d heard before, and I’d wanted to hear them together somehow: If I’m in London before it ends I’d like to have a look at their Department of Euterpe exhibition at the Warburg Institute. § This week was focused on yesterday’s 80th birthday party for Mary’s step-mother, 70 guests for lunch, with catering, a marquee, and a bouncy castle for Generation Alpha. We had to retrieve a bunch of things – chairs, signage – from the much-neglected shed which turned into a complete emptying-out-cleaning-and-restocking of the place, including earmarking a pile of decades-old things for the tip. The marquee arrived on Thursday, and I thought I’d be surprised with how quickly these things get put up by professionals. But, no, understandably it took four or five guys several hours to construct in the high-20s sun. In contrast it took only minutes for a very surly 16-year-old to put up the bouncy castle.…