........"there was a bright light, and all my old colleagues were there" (my final phaidon publishing meeting)

........monument to eight years

........chilterns sunset

........spiderweb season

........a crowd gathers on hampstead heath

........for baby vincent's naming ceremony

........the rebirthing tunnel

........a baby completes the outfit

........gentle english afternoon

........kerry and keiran

........vincent is a little overwhelmed by all the excitement

........strange things you buy at a flea market

........speaking of which, kim and zoe get in on some car-boot action

........vincent's going cheap

........with an hour to go on my final day, i finally manage to empty my inbox (for the first time in eight years)

........a long night of leaving drinks ends with paul wearing alex's hair

........my farewell london tour begins with a visit to the barbican

........see you later

........dorothee and oscar at his opening

........lunch the next day at martino's studio

........london new and olde

........emotions run high during a late-night record-listening session

........around 5:00 a.m. chris and i approach a state of existential perfection