One party I didn't go to

a near miss for me and Liz Murdoch

Liz Murdoch and her husband the artist Keith Tyson have built a house in Oxfordshire. They invited Giles and a plus one (that’s me) to the housewarming. I tried not to come across as uncool and excited about this but I was super, super excited. All the food and the interiors and the gossip about who didn’t get invited... Those parties are always a spectacle - even if you do, at about 10pm - tip into a deep and bottomless existential crisis because you aren’t a film director, a modern artist, or Laura Bailey.