Half our office didn’t get in to see the Turner Prize at the private view last week as the queues snaked out from the Tate, across the bridge and back to the Maritime Museum and it would have been over by the time they had got in. I’d been lucky enough to go the night before and there was a real buzz in the building. The Prize was in Liverpool and a marker was being put down for 2008. It felt substantial and a little glamorous.

I’m writing this from the new office. The builders have worked like crazy to get the space ready and then Sam, Sue and Dani from our office worked miracles over the weekend to get everything moved over. Its freezing cold as there is no heating but I’m warmed by the excitement of the move.

This week is a nightmare. All during the development the Bluecoat’s offices have stayed in the building. Every time you seem to start a conversation someone starts drilling in the floor underneath or banging on the wall. After a year and a half of this I hardly notice the noise or dust.

It was a 7.30am start last Thursday for the Culture Company’s launch of the ’08 programme. This breakfast event was for the ‘08 key stakeholders’ and we were told it was a chance for the ‘suits’ to speak so that they wouldn’t be needed at the noon press launch.