At the weekend this is where we were in the ongoing weekly saga that is the handcrafted, oh, artisanal, as opposed to arse-over-elbow, marlbank podcast begun not in ancient times but usually around the dawning of the day especially if the Shipping Forecast that day is particularly dramatic. Other sagas are available. Subscribe via Spotify

Speaking of other sagas over to that early pre-jazz monster Grendel - not Sam Gendel in case you were wondering but hey check out that particular auteur, yes anywhere and above. So to Beowulf: ''For day after day, he heard rejoicing loud in the hall: there was music of the harp, and the clear song of the scop [a poet], who sang of creation, the beginnings of men far back in time'' - author unknown, early 11th century

Soho scene not that long ago: in the busiest-of-all London jazz villages a punter is spotted mid-saunter checking out marlbank on his mobile