Our Thames Water bill is now £91 a month. We are a two-person household who shower, not bathe, and have two water butts. #DaylightRobbery #ThamesWater

Book shops, especially the small independents, are important gems on our high streets. Places of serendipity and discovery to be valued. Support them if you can. #BookShopDay #Saturday11thOctober #BooksAreMyBag

So much autumnal colour in my garden.

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Last night I watched the fantastic @ledbydonkeys.org by @sohotheatre.bsky.social Walthamstow, and today I watched #Panorama about the Met Police. Thank you for calling corruption, racism, misogyny and violence out.

Ten years ago today, I was off my face on drugs in central London as @uclh.bsky.social removed my cancerous bladder and fitted me with a #Neobladder. Today I celebrate 10 years cancer-free. Thankyou UCLH! #BladderCancer

So not surprised by #Fergie. I had the misfortune of interviewing her many moons ago. #JustAwful

My first charcuterie boards.

I was looking back at you to see you looking back at me to see me looking back at you. (📸 @elitelipreader.bsky.social)

Crikey! Thames Water bill is going up from £53 to £91 a month! We are a household of two who never take baths. What is going on?

This comes from the National Union of Journalists but applies to all freelancers. #StopTheFreelanceRipOff www.nuj.org.uk/resource/sto... @nujofficial.bsky.social

I’m glad I went to the counter protest to #StandUpToRacism

Thanks to @stagetext.bsky.social for providing captions for Fawlty Towers in the West End last night. @sohotheatre.bsky.social could learn from @nimaxtheatres.bsky.social & get captioned performances on so @elitelipreader.bsky.social & other #Deaf folk can access the new theatre in Walthamstow.

It may be the end of summer but our hanging basket is coming into its own.

A big week beckons so how better to prepare than a spot of gardening? The dahlias I overwintered with mulch are appearing, the fuschias are in full bloom, the love-in-a-puff I grew from seed are starting to flower, and the dwarf roses are having a second wind.

Loved the Bourdon Street Chippy.

Garden.

Incredible. #WEURO2025

What a penalty shootout! What a comeback! #ENGSWE #WEURO2025 @lionesses.bsky.social

The garden has come a long way since we moved in two and a half years ago. Now and then.

Having sold and bought two years ago, which was a hellish experience that saw us pulling out of a house and taking an estate agent to the ombudsman, I’m not surprised by anything on #EstateAgentUndercover #Panorama

Another thrill-spilled day at Southend’s Adventure Island with @elitelipreader.bsky.social, Anna and 3 not-so smalls. No, that isn’t Trump and Musk on the ghost train.

#Throwback to the first time I was cross-questioned in court during the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial in Sydney, Australia (Dec 2023) which was viewed by 10.8k viewers on the court’s #YouTube channel. #ForensicLipreading #Legal Here are some #testimonials

How can CCTV transcripts turn the tide for legal firms? Discover the role they play in case outcomes! Read more: wix.to/ytcwgOE #LegalTech #CCTV

Spent the morning #BookEditing and will spend the afternoon #Lipspeaking. Picture of my banana plant for the heck of it. #FreelanceLife #ABitOfThisAndABitOfThat #JustTheWayILikeIt @Se-lipspeakers.bsky.social

The bees love our blue thistle in the garden. Pics by @elitelipreader.bsky.social

Love, love, loved Jimmy, the one-man play about Jimmy Connors @parktheatrelondon.bsky.social. And thankyou @Stagetext.bsky.social for providing captions and making it accessible for #Deaf people. (@elitelipreader.bsky.social)

Club Tropicana.

Year two of creating a cottage garden from scratch. No clue what I’m doing but I’m loving it!

Tropical cat.

Hosta la vista!

Really enjoyed The Outpatient by Harriet Madeley at The Park Theatre. Funny, thought-provoking, and a twist at the end…

Interesting interview with forensic lipreader Tim Reedy. He also talks about how he uses #Lipspeakers #Lipreader #Lipreading #ForensicLipreader

Organic cat bed.

Working today and gardening in breaks. The garden is coming on great guns, thanks in part to all the stuff I’d given up for dead, which is now growing, and the random eruptions such as this self-seeded foxglove.

It’s wonderful when two great minds get together and I think that was happening at the table next to Jon Wright from @penswordbooks.bsky.social and me at the British Library this morning.

We didn’t share the same politics but I worked alongside Patrick O’Flynn many years ago and he was always a lovely, very decent man. Shocked to hear of his passing. #PatrickOFlynn

Are you a journalist? Do you want your reporting to be representative and inclusive of diverse perspectives? We want to help and to connect you with the deaf community. Online webinar on 12 June - signhealth.org.uk/event/deaf-awareness-training... Please share! #DeafAwarenessWeek

A stunning venue, excellent company in @clarem.bsky.social and Gill, and a crazy, clever, hilarious show from Natalie Palmides. Thank you @sohotheatre.bsky.social, you were worth the wait. #SohoTheatreWalthamstow

I was so sorry to hear of the passing of Walthamstow artist Anna Alcock. Before she died she set up this Go Fund account to raise money for her children. Share and donate if you can. t.co/99TQ0p4x4g

Happy 16th Birthday to our crown prince and ex-Celia Hammond rescue cat Waylon. He is celebrating with a Gourmet breakfast with his bestie, Jasmine…

Me, every weekend until October.

#Flow is such a fabulous film.

Ever grateful to @uclh.bsky.social for continuing to monitor my #KidneyDisease after saving my life 10 years ago when I had #BladderCancer. Shame on the woman screaming at the receptionists today as there was a queue. Unbelievable. #SaveTheNHS

I’m flying solo this Easter weekend as @elitelipreader.bsky.social is working. #SelfEmployed #Freelance #Lipreading #Deaf #Lipreader

It’s certainly a good Friday for me.

Feeling under the weather so what better place to recuperate than my garden.

Beautiful Budapest.