Live 8

I worked at an event at the London Zoo last night (a ritzy barmitzfah at the zoo's "Bug House"), and coming out around 10.45 I heard cheers and music - unmistakably Live 8 festivities. Following the sounds and light, I walked and found myself in Regent's Park where there was a huge screen and thousands of people watching the Live 8 concerts, as broadcast from around the world. I heard Nelson Mandela's speech and Roxy Music play in Berlin. I wish I could have seen it all.
There's obviously been a big buzz about Live 8 and of course the G8, soon in Scotland.
Countless people with white wristbands, a symbol of the Make Poverty History campaign. People seem to be talking about it too, and the media coverage is full on.
I wonder if it's touching Hiroshima at all...somehow I don't think Africa is big on the agenda out there. But it could be.