A full table in the gloaming corner…Louise Murray was first in. She talked about the usefulness of the position marker on her Olympus voice recorder: when you recording, you click on it when something interesting is said, and the mark appears on the audio file on screen when you download it, so you can just scroll through for the good bits. You can also get an app that turns your iPhone/smartphone into a recorder with position marker. She introduced Mike Usiskin, a photographer currently on assignment for Newsweek, who has spent many months photographing lifers in the UK's maximum security jails; now an exhibition, touring in France. See his website. Martin Fidler came with Chris Clack and Ronnie, and there was talk of putting videos on screens in local windows, with speakers for constant public performances.
Peter Tullin, back from Australia, said his Culture Label website was expanding. He brought Heather Thomas, Director of Development for Brighton Festival, though she lives just around the corner. David Jennings had copies of Unplugged: The Agile Learning Newspaper, explaining how he produced this 12-page Berliner/Guardian-sized papers through Newspaper Club at a cost of £1.03 per copy for 200 copies, plus VAT, (£0.82p plus VAT for 500).
Christie Hickman arrived after a hard day's reading at Random House, Rose Shepherd after a stint of making silk purses at The Sunday Times Magazine. Bob Schweizer's restaurant column is something we are all hungrily anticipating. Nigel Soper wondered if it wouldn't be possible for a salvage company to remove the ballroom from the Ivy House and put it somewhere more convenient.
• Sunday, Jan 30 Jazz brunch at the Lodge, upstairs at East Dulwich Tavern. Renato d'Aiello will be blowing his brilliant sax with two fellow Italians – Bruno Montrone on piano and Marco Panascia on bass. The first set starts at 1pm, the second at 2.30, finishing at 3.30. Free entry and no obligation to eat.
• Marianne Gray, new owner of the PeckhamPlex wants suggestions for film seasons/themed days or nights at the cinema. She is open to all ideas.
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