Hangovers x fire alarm = ouch

Some banana-flavour Alka-Seltzer to all Talkback Thames staff who had their annual party last night. With another year of hits such as The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent under their belts, it was no surprise they let their hair down at the knees-up at Talkback's Newman Street offices in central London. But Monkey feels for staff who are working in Talkback's nearby Stephen Street building today. Not only did they have to endure the knowledge that their Newman Street colleagues are working from home because their building is being stripped of the party paraphernalia, but to cap it all, the fire alarm went off at this morning. About as welcome to those with hangovers as Blue Tulip Rose Edelweiss Warby's singing dog impression was to Simon Cowell.