A lovely new W2O masthead (cheers, Ryan), a Twitter feed (yes, Russell, I know you suggested it about two years ago – we're part of the long tail), and in the spirit of optimism in these dark days of 'armageddon flu' and recession, with acknowledgement to the marvellous Ian Dury, some reasons to be cheerful:

Summer, Buddy Holly, the working folly
Good golly Miss Molly and boats
Hammersmith Palais, the Bolshoi Ballet
Jump back in the alley and nanny goats

18-wheeler Scammels, Domenecker camels
All other mammals plus equal votes
Seeing Piccadilly, Fanny Smith and Willy
Being rather silly, and porridge oats

A bit of grin and bear it, a bit of come and share it
You're welcome, we can spare it - yellow socks
Too short to be haughty, too nutty to be naughty
Going on 40 - no electric shocks

The juice of the carrot, the smile of the parrot
A little drop of claret - anything that rocks
Elvis and Scotty, days when I ain't spotty,
Sitting on the potty - curing smallpox

Reasons to be cheerful part 3

Some readers may be aware that we have outgrown our palatial offices at 16 Hanbury Street in London's fashionable east end, and as a result we're taking additional space directly opposite on the other side of the road. The extra room will be great – working conditions currently resemble the London Underground during rush hour – but being split across two buildings isn't ideal. So we wanted to find a way to link the two buildings. Our first idea was a bridge across the street. But we couldn't get planning permission for that. So instead a team of W+K 'moles' has started work on a tunnel beneath Hanbury Street, linking the two sites at basement level. Work is progressing well:

Our plan is for the tunnel not just to be a functional throughfare but to be a feature that reflects our  values and way of working: a portal, if you will, representing the journey from idea to execution. The finished thing will look something like this:

But it will be in colour.