Speaking of Nascar, I took this picture of Stu & Tiff at Fruitstock in Regent's Park on Saturday, but I think they look like they'd fit right in down at Charlotte Motor Speedway. I was completely unprepared for Fruitstock, for starters I thought it was in Hyde Park, not Regent's. But I did find myself in the right park eventually, thinking I was going to join a few hundred people sitting on picnic blankets, a la Central Park Summerstage. But I show up and there were 100,000 people there. It was madness. Trying to navigate through the crowds for a pint or a pee was nearly impossible. From where we sat, we had a view of some Innocent smoothies van (and this jackass dancing on top of it), but not the stage. The only band I really heard was Nouvelle Vague, which was good. The headliners on Saturday were Arrested Development. Faced with hearing Mr. Wendell live 13 years after its prime meant that we didn't feel bad skipping out early to go eat a curry in Brick Lane. This restaurant was great and notable for its house special coconut paste to accompany the poppadums.

The other highlight of my weekend was a visit to the set of Atonement. I was there to witness a hospital scene, so there were lots of soldiers in period WWII uniforms and a lot of fake blood. Somewhat surprisingly for a $30 million film, everyone was really chatty and relaxed and friendly. Keira wasn't on set but I got to talk to James McAvoy and Romola Garai. Anyway, I enjoyed Ian McEwan's novel and I'm anxious to see how Joe Wright's film turns out. The 20 seconds or so that I saw filmed on Saturday morning look good so far.