Summer bash at the Royal Academy

I am currently in the middle of examining and not covering myself with glory. I might have got a First when I was taking the damn things, but when it comes to exam administration I fear that I am in the running for a rather undistinguished 2.2. The less said about which the better.

So it felt as a bit of an undeserved reward last night to go to the Royal Academy's Annual Dinner, which happens just before the Summer Exhibition opens. It's one of those parties that you cross your fingers...