Leveson inquiry marquee: no sign of a wedding DJ. Photograph: Lisa O'Carroll/guardian.co.uk
And so it begins. Hutton inquiry veterans will feel a flicker of recognition at this picture, snapped on Tuesday morning by Monkey's colleague Lisa O'Carroll, of a marquee-style temporary structure being erected in one of the courtyards at London's Royal Courts of Justice. Media hacks, sketch writers and other assorted hangers-on are going to get far too well aquainted with this marquee in the coming weeks and months. It's the media overflow room for the Leveson inquiry into phone hacking and all the other dodgy stuff pesky hacks get up to, see. Back in 2003, MediaGuardian hacks covering Hutton were still phoning in stories to PA copytakers, while the overflow room's widescreen TV monitors beaming in live footage and a rolling transcript from the inquiry courtroom nearby were regarded as cutting edge technology. With live streaming and tweeting, the reporting this time round might speedier than a Monkey up a tree.
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