ate Modern should not make people feel at home. No one has designed a turbine hall to soothe the body and mind.But last night, when the clock struck midnight GQ Men of the Year Award, To my surprise, I feel at home. Strange, I know. But I edited the diary of a Londoner, so from a professional point of view, the party is my business. The same goes for recording London’s nightlife. Even if you are late and start early, it is a good thing to come back. again.
I have bragged about the return of the party before, but even if it was another false dawn last night, I would still be a happy person. Dim lights, strong perfume, deep conversations, cocktails poured into frosted martini glasses-these are enough to warm the heart of every diary author.
Gary Lineker is full of spirits, Vicky McClure kills after the party, KSI walks around with his entourage, and Pixie Lott’s The star power attracted a group of people into her orbit.Three potential new bonds-Idris Elba, James Norton and Reger-Jean Page – there. The latter is very relaxed but very shy. When I asked him to quickly become a star through Bridgerton, he only blushed-“I just said the lines”.
Others are obviously very involved in the development of things. The smell of marijuana was short-lived but obvious, although the cheeky toker did not last long, and the staff began to dress up. I found Nick Grimshaw, Just freed from his BBC Radio One show, Go straight to the bar. Dylan Jones is the driving force behind the award, and after leaving GQ for 22 years in April, he is a notable absentee. Otherwise it is a night of glittering scales and smooth tuxedos. The guests were dressed to kill and drink, as if they were outdated.
Since the shutters closed in March 2020, I am more optimistic about the return of the party. The obvious reason starts with V. But there are other things. Sometimes, I think the coronavirus has been put into the instinct of gatherings. Not like this-it was just buried, and we are only now beginning to unearth it.
This process is very strange. It can be slow or fast, and it can be backward or forward. But retrograde steps, such as increasing restrictions, should not make us desperate, because we will never return to our old freewheeling ways. Things will be different, but when I watched the guests hugging, drinking, and dancing last night, other things became very obvious. Socialization and relaxation are a basic human instinct. Whether it is a virus or not, this instinct is irrepressible. When I walked back to the Millennium Bridge last night and looked back at the Tate Modern under the floodlights, I was convinced that human instinct penetrated the center of London and made it a reality. It’s great to be back-no matter how many times I say it.
New York was flooded this morning, Due to Hurricane Ida, its roads and subways were flooded. Terrible, but my instinctive reaction is “terrible, poor them, but thank God, we don’t have a hurricane in the UK. This can’t happen here.” We will never feel that it will happen to us-until it happens.
But this precisely illustrates the difficulty of carefully considering risks. This is a huge challenge from climate change. When we see terrible images from cities all over the world, we must express our sympathy and imagine the same thing happening here. This may help us take action before it is too late. easy to say, hard to do.
