The economic downturn has impacted many people’s earning capacity, but few have gone to the lengths that security guard George Bass has managed, as he finds solace of a sort in the (very) small hours M y first alarm goes off at 2.20am. It begins silently and then builds. I pick a tune from my phone library that won’t annoy me at that time of night: it’s ambient breakbeat this month. By the time my fifth alarm has sounded, it’s 2.30am, and I’m downstairs in the kitchen with my jump mat unrolled,