Here's a brilliant way to forget the troubles of the riots and relax in the London sun: get down to the volleyball.
While communities countrywide are clearing up after another night of riots, the only issue at the beach volleyball London 2012 test event is trying to decide who looks the best.
The six-day women's international competition is being held in Horse Guards Parade as a practice for next year's Games.
It is just metres from where the prime minister convened his emergency committee Cobra on Tuesday morning as he sought to deal with the aftermath and continuation of the riots.
A sell-out crowd is filling the 1500 seats of a three-sided centre court, constructed as a dry run for next year's 15,000 capacity temporary Olympic venue.
Between each point scored in the two-on-two-player game, the DJ plays Dizzee Rascal's Bonkers or another funky tune.
And while much has been made of the use of BlackBerry smartphones during the riots, technology is being put to far better use at the volleyball.
Britain's female beach volleyball champions Zara Dampney, 24, and Shauna Mullin, 26, are wearing bikini briefs with a Quick Response (QR)
code printed on the back. When spectators use a smartphone to take a photo of the pairs bums, the code takes the user to a specific website.
Now that's smart.
