Day 142 of 2026
“Advice from Inside the Story”
Things present at the ceremony, in order of their awareness of it:
1. The heron.
2. The candles, which have been burning since before the speeches and will burn after.
3. The sparkling wine, which is doing its best.
4. Graham.
5. The Zoom participants, who are in a different time zone and thus experiencing a slightly different Tuesday.
6. The award programme, folded open to a page no one has read.
7. The cutlery, which has attended many of these.
8. The podium, which is used to this.