How my living room was going on this day in 2025 vs How it’s going now 😍

Here it comes 💚 #firstsigns #spring #snowdrops

Just spent 5 mins trying to wipe away a stray hair from the side of my face. It was a wrinkle 😫

The latest blog on #criminalsentences is now available in now available in audio format. Published with permission from Stephen Downing 🙏

I’ll miss my Derbyshire-style screen breaks, but I won’t lie, swapping the fields for the Mersey can’t happen quickly enough. #LoveLiverpool #GoingHome

Stevie says nanight ❤️

Morning 😬 ☔️🌧️

1/5 Never underestimate the power of food (a thread). Last week things came to a head for me. I'd been increasingly irritable, sluggish, physically and mentally spent. I was feeling constantly nauseous, couldn't focus on work, spent hours just staring into space then hating myself for wasting time.

In my new blog, some basic word analysis shines a light on a forced confession statement... #criminalsentences

I'm not entirely sure I'm doing it right, but I've just set up my Substack. Feel free to connect if you're on there 😊 substack.com/profile/4943...

@thegftable.co.uk Hi Ben! Following a very miserable week dealing with unpleasant and debilitating symptoms, I’ve finally booked a gluten intolerance/coeliacs test. Have subscribed to your website and am looking forward to catching up on your blogs and experiences. Nice to meet you 😊

If you enjoy an evening tipple but want to cut out the alcohol, try this. It burns like a shocker on the way down, making it almost as good as whisky. Forget all the expensive ‘elixirs’ currently trending for £30 a bottle. This is about £4.50 from places like Holland and Barrett 🔥 #RochesterGinger

Had the weirdest dream last night. I met Graham Norton in his studio, and he was so smitten with me that I turned him straight 🤣 and then started spinning him round in his interview chair really fast. Analyse THAT.

If we could have him back. Just for one day…

People calling themselves musicians had to spend years practising their instrument and honing their songwriting craft before being told they were ‘amazing’. Imagine that.

This one is particularly close to my heart 💔 Listen now.

Take a bow, all at #Corriedale. Acting, directing, camerawork, music - all spot on. A couple of juicy twists, and a cute little reference from Steve when he thought he recognised Jai (Vikram) 🤣 haven’t watched Corrie for years but it was nice to see a few faces I knew. Well done - a crackin’ watch.

This weekend is significant in British criminal history. But not half as significant as it is for the women of Yorkshire 💔

If sleazy headlines, victim-blaming, and unaccountability grind your gears, you might like my new blog. I'll be looking at press and police coverage from high-profile cases, calling out the damage they do, and giving a voice to silent victims. Please follow and share if this is up your street 👊

The colour of today’s smoothy makes me very happy #DeepPurple

If you’ve seen the viral recipe for quiche using tortilla wraps as the crust, and wondered if it actually works…I can assure you it does! This is my second. They are absolutely delicious, high in protein, and save the faff with pastry 👍 Also yummy cold.

This morning’s quick walk didn’t disappoint. Set me up right up for the day ❤️ Get out there and breathe it in, folks.

Thanks for the giggles through 2025, my lovely Bluesky chums. I’m off to bed now. Happy new year one and all. Let’s do it all again next year ❤️

Observation incoming: Even on a warm plate, baked beans go cold way too fast. Faster than scrambled eggs even. For more scientific, cerebral content, drop me a follow.

I don’t usually do resolutions but if I do, I like them to count. This year, it’s a biggy. I want my Liverpool life back; and 2026 is the year. No ifs, no buts. I am making it happen 💪🏻 #newyearsresolution

I can’t believe no one has mentioned the fact I have a cushion stuffed down the side of my TV 🤣 It was to stop my cat getting behind the telly earlier this morning, then I forgot to move it! Thank you all for being so polite 🤣

I’m going in!!

How I’m walking out of 2025:

Thank fuck that’s over. Happy Boxing Day!!

Name your fave film quote. Ringo: Do I snore, Paul? Paul: With a trombone hooter like yours, it’d be unnatural if you didn’t.

I have two favourite celebrity noses: 1. Boy George. For its perfect triangular straightness. 2. David Bowie, for its petiteness and beautiful subtle curve. I also have two fave sets of celebrity gnashers: 1. George Harrison. Man, that smile. And 2. Ricky Gervais. Perfect fangs. Now you know☺️

Jesus. Is it only Tuesday? Please, can we just speed this shit up and get it over with.

Chris Rea. FFS 😓

This is Jambo the Chimp. He lives at Twycross Zoo and has alopecia. *Cue: mad rush of meat-heads running for the gym, as they suddenly realise how hugely inferior they are to a chimp. In't nature brilliant #Jambo

Just made a killer veg biriyani. Packed with tonnes of goodness, and just the right amount of kick. I’ll serve with popadums and lime pickle - will easily last me til Christmas Day 👍 #SundayBatchCook

The greatest failing i've seen in our society is a failure to keep learning as we move through life. Incuriosity has been met with the glorification of ignorance coupled with the belief that everybody's views are equally valid and then combined with platforms that give everyone a megaphone.

Things I should not have done today: 1. Kiss my cat’s toebeans when she was in playful mode. She hooked her claw into my bottom lip and wouldn’t let go. 2. Eat a full box of minty Matchmakers in one go. I now have a fat lip, a fat belly, and feel a bit sick 🤢 Another successful Saturday.

The promise vs the reality. So…the Trade Descriptions Act is clearly no longer a thing 😡 #RipOffBritain

My brother lives in NYC. He just sent me two pics of the Christmas rush in East-side Manhattan, at around 11am on the last Saturday before Christmas…. If they can be this chilled in the middle of New York, every town in the UK really needs to wind its fuckin’ neck in.

Thanks to everyone on here who has sent me a card this year. I’ve decided not to send them. I totted up the cost, including stamps. £30 😬 So, instead I’ve just donated the equivalent to Garston Animal Rescue in Liverpool. Hope you all approve ❤️❤️ Have a lovely Christmas everyone.

Good luck @nigelstewartbooks.bsky.social @katjadiehl.bsky.social @mozidogreads.bsky.social I hope you all manage at least a few hours decent kippage tonight. I’m going in…see you on the other side 😴

I’m not enjoying the drug/child grooming storyline in #Emmerdale for a number of reasons. But bloody hell, when Joe Absolom turns on his acting chops, he blows it right out of the park 🤯

“Show me how your 2025 went.”

Damnit. Spotted Douglas Henshall in a drama for the first time a while. Started watching it (The Revenge Club), all excited for a fix of his fabulous Scottishness. He’s playing a cockney. What a feckin’ waste!!! Guess I’ll have to make do with Martin Compston 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

#Whamageddon!!!! I made it to the 12th 🥳🥳 is that some kind of record??!

I normally serve stuffed pasta on a bed of spinach - but it always leaves me hungry. Today I took it up a notch and made a peppery mushroom and spinach ‘broth’ with a hint of blue cheese. I’m definitely not hungry now. #EyesBiggerThanMyBellyAsMyDearOldNanUsedToSay

I hate most reality tv, but I don’t mind admitting, amongst all the depressing weather, depressing politics and depressing living costs, Celebrity Cyclone is the absolute highlight of my TV year. Brilliant fun. “Tom, darling, you are positively airborne!!” #ImACeleb

That feeling, when you just wake up, head to the fridge in a daze to make the first coffee, open the fridge door, only to be reminded that yesterday you ordered in Chinese food, and have enough leftovers for the next three days 🥳

Today’s mood 🤣 #ImACeleb #Emmerdale

Estate agents that don't do weekend viewings? Just goes to show how much they give a toss about actually working to sell your property for you. #RipOffBritain