Got to stress I wrote this watching Tom Cruise before kickoff. But it proved quite prophetic

So far this is the worst World Cup Final ever

It’s a big day, start of a week of fundraising for @parkinsons.org.uk Listen to BBC R4 at 0754 to learn more

Had no interest in the third place game. Thought I'd just watch the first 10 minutes... and here we are. Absolutely amazing.

My lovely Piano teacher Theo has been barked at furiously by #Sophiefromromania every time he’s come over the last 3.5 years. But gradually he has won her trust with the odd treat and today it was very gratifying to see her sit and allow him to scratch her around the ears and even give him the paw

Gary Sobers and George Best, the sporting superstars of my childhood. My mum, not a great sports fan, adored them both

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Maybe now the UK right will realise that Trump is not our ally

#Sophiefromromania has been having a very chillaxed day

A regime built on a monstrous lie

That moment right at the end when the ball bounced in the Argentine penalty area, why didn’t one of our brave boys just punch it into the net?

#Sophiefromromania taking her neighbourhood watch duties very seriously this morning

#SophiefromRomania has had a very relaxing and uneventful day - and from Cambridge, the prof has complained that there’s been no picture

A big day for #Sophiefromromania as she got her first paddling lesson from her pal Juno

What a moving interview on R4 BH with Peter Hennessey - says he’s retiring because his Parkinson’s means he can longer think clearly, but he sounded far clearer and made more sense than most people you hear on the radio

While I didn’t get to bed until 1am, #sophiefromromania and the prof had an early night so before 7 we were heading for the park. A decent walk, a brief flurry of barking at the speeding collie, then home to a #bigbreakfast

open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... how soon after a #parkinsons diagnosis should you start to take levodopa? We debate this contentious issue on the latest episode of #MoversandShakers the hit podcast about living with Parkinson’s

A close encounter for #sophiefromromania this morning

There was a (missed) chance to do this in 2009 with Project Kangaroo - blocked by the then-Competition Commission. Thinking has moved on a lot so maybe this will happen now: www.ft.com/content/1318... BBC and Channel 4 in talks to create British streaming champion

Another brutally hot night, even at 6:30 it's already 24C outside and hotter indoors. Still, a good early walk with #Sophiefromromania as long as we kept a safe distance from the dog ahead

www.ft.com/content/1344... This is genius - finally the FT gets Elon Musk “utilising radiative cooling, quantum disassembly, cold fusion, square circles, tartan paint, and the metaverse.”

22C at 07:00 - a tropical night. So #Sophiefromromania and I had a nice gentle walk, met a friend who gave her a treat then home to breakfast on the terrace

I wish just one NATO leader (or all of them) would say, "This is unacceptable. The US president has lost his mind. America come get your boy. He's broken and needs to be under a doctor's care back home." I wish someone would tell the damn truth about what's happening.

No #Sophiefromromania it’s too hot to play with that cat this morning

open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... coming this morning - the obscure clinical drug trial for a sleep disorder that could unlock the Parkinson’s puzzle. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox

#SophiefromRomania has spent a lot of the day in the garden just hanging out and making sure nobody steals the apricots

Got Parkinson’s?Live in West London? Join our Ealing group’s monthly get-together in a cocktail bar! For location details email addresses in the leaflet - or just DM me!

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba... Poor old USA team was widely popular before Trump’s intervention-now their defeat is being celebrated. Everything Trump touches turns to 💩

An early walk and a midmorning outing with her friend Juno for #sophiefromromania who is certainly looking a lot livelier than me today

What an excellent initiative by FIFA to replace VAR with TAR

Oh what a night!!!

For #Sophiefromromania it’s now the highlight of her week when our friends come round

#Sophiefromromania enjoys our Sunday jaunt to the park and even though her behaviour wasn’t perfect we thought she deserved a #bigbreakfast

Your regular reminder that cryptocurrency does in fact have a use case and that use case is crime

First batch of apricot jam - it’s a huge crop this year

This week’s episode of Movers and Shakers was inspired by an email from a listener. We’ve called it ‘My parent’s got Parkinson’s - What Should I Know?’ Do listen - I think you’ll enjoy it open.substack.com/pub/rorycell...

0615 and the grandkids have got us up for breakfast. A nervous #SophiefromRomania is keeping a safe distance

Friday evening, footie on indoors, visiting grandkids in bed and *possibly* asleep - #sophiefromromania and I are chilling in the garden

Hurrah! Looks like apricot harvest in our garden this weekend

Good analysis from @richardaljones.bsky.social on @andyburnham.bsky.social’s economic and innovation policy agenda including this lovely reference to @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social softmachines.org?p=3324

Last night #Sophiefromromania and I sat on the sofa watching football (l France look good, we agreed) when I happened to mention that the Prof was coming home late from a short trip to Germany. Cue 20 minutes of pure hysteria

There needs to be a public inquiry into how Michael Olisé, born White City, was allowed to end up playing for France

#Sophiefromromania and I had a late night watching football but she had a chirpy morning walk with lots of sniffing, pursuit of a squirrel who cheated by climbing a tree, accepting a treat from a fan, and a brief moment of terror when she spotted a toddler in a pushchair

Were you still up to see Germany lose on penalties?!

The prof left for Berlin at 0515 and #Sophiefromromania and I were out before 7 for a walk where she actually listened to me when I called for calm when we saw other dogs

A cooler morning at last and #Sophiefromromania is quite chilled - apart from one unfortunate lunging and barking incident. So we all get a #bigbreakfast

The queue at 5pm for paid entry to our local for a game which doesn’t kick off until 10pm. If England go any distance in the World Cup I predict a massive consumer boom!

Honoured to be a presenter at the fabulous Maggie Philbin’s #teentech awards - always a highlight of the year

0610. 24C outside, 27C indoors. No wonder nobody in this house had much sleep last night.

Awake at 5, so we were out with #Sophiefromromania by 5:45. The prof and I both have a busy day ahead but someone is just going to chill

It seems 0645 is now peak time for dog walking. #SophiefromRomania and I saw lots of handsome hounds whose owners graciously cross the road so as not to impede her regal progress…