Office party, dinner party. Garden party. So many reasons to celebrate and gather and so much work - here is Nicola Toulson-Clarke making Pavlova for a function I hosted at my house last week. Last night I hosted a dinner and today a lunch: work and life mingle best over food, connection, ideas. We know this. I can imagine someone has a good gig catering for @substack’s own “summer fete” to which I was generously invited this evening in London. But I just could not go.