Walking into town yesterday, I was surprised to see a huge queue of teenagers in the square.  They were waiting patiently for something, but I couldn't see what, until I saw a tiny tent and a van, both marked 'X factor'.  'Nuff said.

The jagged line straggled twice around the square.  The young and their young, in prams and pushchairs.  All seeing an infinite future under a logoed gazebo.