2025 has been a rough year for a lot of my friends. My heart goes out to anyone who’s lost a loved one this year. Nothing can replace them. But navigating their absence gets easier with time. Take care, all - and here’s to a better 2026.

Big Finish Productions have a Christmas sale - including some #DoctorWho Short Trips releases that I worked on (up to 40% off). Fill your boots. Or your hard drive. Whichever works best. Offers end at 23:59 UK Earth time, 31 December 2025. www.bigfinish.com/collections/...

Wishing everyone out there compliments of the season. We invited some friends round for a Christmas Day podcast, asking for favourite #DoctorWho Christmas episodes. There's a few surprises in here! on.soundcloud.com/jCUFbl19Tv3C...

The last #caturday EggDay of 2025. And I almost forgot what day of the week it was. Both felines as noisy as ever. More, I’m sure, in 2026!

It’s Christmas Eve. So it has to be this t-shirt, today.

I’m wrapping presents. Someone has appeared and offered to “help”. SPOILER: he is no help whatsoever.

A pre-Christmas #caturday EggDay for Merlin. And some ridiculous snoring from Maj (it’s like she’s swallowed a kazoo).

Another December 2025 #caturday EggDay for Merlin. And treats for the ever-noisy Madamarama, too.

Really enjoyed that. A nice measured pace to it. Great stuff.

The first #caturday EggDay for Merlin of December 2025. Merlin is Mr Grumpington, this morning. Maybe it’s the weather.

Ooh. A great cast and production team. Matthew Macfadyen, Charlie Hunnam, Daniel Brühl and Devrim Lingnau Islamoğlu for a new BBC le Carré adaptation (Legacy Of Spies). www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Sunday bake. A (slightly overdone) sourdough focaccia, with garlic olive oil, tomato, and onion.

The final #caturday EggDay for Merlin of November 2025. He’s a little subdued today (I think he’s been fighting again). And madamarama has a good chomp, too.

Lightning detected on Mars for the first time, scientists say www.bbc.com/news/article...

Archaeologists are to resume digging at the Ness of Brodgar on Orkney after 3D radar technology led to an "extraordinary discovery". www.bbc.com/news/article...

Poppyseed, turmeric, and paprika wholemeal #sourdough.

🚨 s3 coming this spring! 🚨

Does RTD have an extraordinarily long right arm? 😆 #DoctorWho

Sunday words of wisdom from Merlin. Well. You can’t argue with any of that, I’m sure.

Sat 23 November 1963. I can’t see it catching on, can you?

It’s the penultimate #Caturday EggDay for Merlin of Nov 2025. And Maj gets her treat, too. Ridiculously noisy pair, as ever.

Rumoured for a long time - finally official. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Fantastic sky, earlier.

Bee rescue.

Another Nov ‘25 #Caturday EggDay for Merlin. And Maj is awake this week. Both are ridiculously noisy for their size.

He’s so pleased with himself, having captured THE PLASTIC STRAW.

“Down and safe.” I’m looking forward to tucking into this.

This week’s “Sunday with a cat, a coffee, and a book” photo features the other cat, for a change (Maj, rather than Merlin). And it’s a glass of red wine, rather than coffee.

The second #caturday EggDay for Merlin of Nov ‘25. Maj snoozed and missed treat time. (Maybe later for her).

I tried to have a quiet night catching up on some recorded TV (watching “Wire in the Blood”, which I’d not seen before now). Unfortunately, Merlin has been a bloody arse. Ricocheting round the room like a furry torpedo. Ironically, this then happened on screen.

This week’s “Sunday with a cat, a coffee, and a book” photo. He really is such an affectionate feline.

I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.

Edge of Darkness is on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer (marking its 40th anniversary). One of the most bleak, gripping dramas ever. I adore it. It’s a total masterpiece. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

The first #caturday EggDay for Merlin of November 2025. And Lord GrumpyPants is in fine form.

This is very sad news. Baptiste, no more. Tchéky Karyo, star of Nikita and The Missing, dies at 72. www.bbc.com/news/article...

RIP. Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales dies aged 93 www.bbc.com/news/article...

Don’t you hate it when someone starts reading over your shoulder? Sunday with a cat, a coffee, and a book.

The last #Caturday EggDay for Merlin of Oct ‘25. Some loud purring action from him. And noisy chomps from Maj.

This weeks’s “Sunday, with a cat, a coffee, and a book” pic. Currently reading “The Masquerades of Spring”, which is fab. (A Rivers of London Novella from @benaaronovitch.bsky.social).

The 3rd #Caturday EggDay of October 2025, and Merlin is more awake and vocal than last week.

Today’s unexpected visitor.

Sunday with a cat, a coffee, and a book. (2 out of 3 in shot).

Thought for the day…

Time for the 2nd #caturday EggDay for Merlin of October ‘25. And it’s “later than advertised in some listings.” I couldn’t collect the eggs until after 3pm… which is Merlin’s nap time. So, this is probably the quietest - and laziest - you’ll ever see him.