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@dooks
i don't think it's patronising to advise some one who fell off on the same slippery corner two days in a row to take it really easy on slippery corners. it's ceratinly easier and cheaper than changing tyres. especially as it doens't look like it's going to stop raining until next week.
fwiw, i'll avoid turning on any shiny surface in the wet if i can possibly help it. if that means snaking about to make your transition across the shiny stones or metal as straight as possible that's just what i do. it wasn't meant as a dig. just my first thoughts on the subject. i've ridden pure slicks for ages though so perhaps i'm over cautious about it.
having said that, controlled sliding about in the wet is one of my favourite things ever. one of the funnest cycling experiences i ever had was me and a friend trying out some recumbant trice tricycles (two steering wheels at the front and a single at the back) in the rain late at night in leicester square. they had three independantly lockable discs and were super quick with skinny slicks. you could pirouette those things about like you were spinning on ice. brilliant fun.