Well that was fun. I had a great evening at the Clarke Award ceremony. Many thanks to Roz and Cel for the lovely company beforehand and the good cafe recommendation. Thanks also to all of the people I stuck a microphone in front of last night and who gamely agreed to talk to me. I now have:

• A bunch of micro interviews with various people at the pre-ceremony reception in which they mostly predict the winner correctly.
• Exclusive audio interviews with Tom Hunter and China Mieville
• Video of the actual Clarke Award ceremony

The audio stuff will be handed over to Tony C Smith for StarShipSofa. I would love to have tweeted the pre-ceremony material, but the venue is 2 floors below ground level and cell phone coverage is pretty much non-existent. I need to talk to Louis Savy about this, but I’ll leave him in peace until SciFi London is over.

The video will need a small amount of editing (it is in excess of 10 minutes) and then will go on YouTube.

My current lack of Internet at home is going to delay this somewhat.

Talking of Internet, I stayed in a Shaftesbury hotel in Westbourne Terrace near Paddington. It was very convenient and comfortable, and the breakfast was pretty good. However, it is one of those hotels where they claim to offer free wi-fi but the process required for getting online is so involved, and requires so much messing with Windows settings, that no one in their right mind would ever use it. Won’t be staying there again. The mobile broadband did work briefly from the hotel yesterday afternoon, but did not work last night after the ceremony when I needed it. It is working fine from Paddington.

I’m now off back west. This evening I am attending a Bristol Girl Geek Dinner.