Time at the bar

And so to one of the most lavish medialand parties of recent times last night, when Time magazine celebrated its 'heroes of the environment' special issue and awards. The grand hall of the Royal Courts of Justice was transformed into what seemed to be one giant bar, considering the amount of alcohol available. The mojitos contained enough rum to stun an African elephant. Shamefully, Monkey managed to stand right behind Heather Graham for at least 10 minutes in total ignorance as to who she was. The hessian goody bag even contained the famous Anya Hindmarch tote "I'm not a plastic bag". Monkey particularly liked the award acceptance of Tommy Remengesau Jr, the beaming president of the republic of Palau, the low lying Pacific archipelago threatened by rising seawaters. He goodnaturedly informed the crowd: "I have travelled for 22 hours on a plane to make this 30-second speech". But remark of the night must go to the BBC's David Attenborough, who told the crowd the secret of being a good TV naturalist: "Always make sure that you can run faster than the cameraman."