This year, if anyone asks what I want for Christmas, instead of saying “I’m alright thanks”, I’m going to say “Actually, I’d love egg yolk ravioli in brown butter sauce with crispy sage leaves. Cooked for me by Gordon Ramsay.” Please and thank you.

Serious question: Is the world generally full of more tw*ts these days, or have I just got better at spotting them as I've got older? 😡

Recent overnight visitors 🥰

Post a song that you don't hear often, but when it does come on the radio, you stop whatever you're doing, and CRANK IT UP TO 11!! 🤘🎸

I started re-bingeing Damages this week. Haven’t seen it since it first came out. Jesus, it’s just SO good!! 👏👏

Happy 84th birthday, Paul Simon. (Dear Universe, please wrap him up in cotton wool, and keep him safe forever. Thank you 😟)

She was always so completely and confidently beautiful. RIP Diane Keaton 💔

The warms temps in the Dales this year, have thrown up a tonne of weird and wonderful beasties that I’ve never encountered before. Today’s offering is the western Conifer Seed Bug. Not a great pic but he moved and I freaked 🤣

My Tulip Tree gives the most magnificent Autumn display. Not only do the leaves go a beautiful shade of gold, they also get tiger stripes 🐅

I really need the loo 😫

In bed at 11pm. Awake at 1am, awake at 3am, awake at 4am. Coffee at 4.45am. Goddamn noisy weather 😡

Coogan. Stop getting Partridge wrong 😫

RIP the glorious Patricia Routledge. To me she will always be Kitty; delivering Victoria Wood's monologues with pin-sharp precision ❤ VW always knew who would do the best job with her words, and was never afraid to give her best lines away, for the good of the comedy.

Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

To my reader friends! Simon at @biggreenbooks.bsky.social has set up a club, where we can all give just £1 a week and Simon will spend it on books for disadvantaged kids who need them. As membership grows, the more books he can send out - please join in! www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-bo...

Just finished bingeing #TheHack. I was enthralled. Top marks to David Tennant for maintaining his English accent brilliantly, whilst constantly surrounded by Scotsmen!! And to Anna Higginson for the stunning production design. Robert Carlyle completely stole the show for me. Superb. 👍

Going to a gig tonight so thought I’d check out the venue ahead time. This is how we do gigs in Derbyshire 😊:

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE. If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease! Donate at blinkingguy.com

. @judejude14.bsky.social I’m watching season 1 of Masterchef Australia. We’re 64 episodes in 😳 and almost at the finals. One of the finalists has just cooked this…what on earth would Gordon Ramsay say???!!! 😬

Taking a day trip to Liverpool tomorrow for some house hunting. There’s only one guy whose company I want on the journey ❤️

As a single person living away from friends and family, I have to be mindful of what would happen to me in an emergency. Today, I let my closest people know each others contact details, and what to do if anything happens to me here. Sadly, they all now think I've got a secret terminal illness 😬

On Ep2 of #coldwater. Wanted to see it for Eve Myles, but Andrew Lincoln’s character is driving me nuts. Who eaves drops outside a glass door ffs?! Not sure I’ll be sticking with this 🙄

More cuteness cam!

I love having a cat, but I struggle with their instinct to kill for fun. Stevie is a hunter. My daily 'carcass patrol' of the garden yields at least 4/5 rodents and the odd bird. But today's haul included a sparrowhawk. Only half of it was identifiable. Should I be impressed, or grossed out? 😳

It’d be rude not to 🥰 #Perrins

Wasps making fine use of the local nesting boxes 😲 It’s a piece of original “stripey bastard” artwork.

Better late than never. Off to Uni I go, aged 54! #Buzzin

If you see this, QTP with a cartoon with an amazing theme song!

Space in my spare room is tight, so instead of a bulky headboard, I’ve installed a cozy corner using wooden wall panels. I’m crap at DIY, but these were easy I’m really chuffed with how they look! #ideservecoffee

“Take the fucking loaf, Ria” #EveMyles is a frikkin’ rock star #TheGuest

So sue me 🤷‍♀️

Good for the soul 💚 #DerbyshireDales

Tissues at the ready; I’ve a feeling this is going to be an emotional read @delamitri.bsky.social @resident-music.com

My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is a brilliant writer. He’s written for Dangermouse, Private Eye, @almurray.bsky.social and many more… He’s struggling to find work at the moment. AI isn’t helping. If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost. www.mathew-owen.co.uk Thank you

I was today years old when I got my very first wasp sting. I think I batted it away quickly as I only felt a very quick needle and have a very tiny pierce. Do wasps normally leave a sting in? Because this one didn’t. Can’t complain - I got away with it for 54 years 🤷‍♀️

Just saw this on FB. No idea of the photographer. But for anyone needing to see a bumblebee’s furry little arse hanging out of a flower - you’re welcome 🐝💛

A few months ago, a tradesman scrawled this on my wall. It clearly meant something technical to him, but whenever I see it, it reminds me of an old 80s brand logo, even though it’s nothing like it really. Before I name it, can anyone guess which logo it reminds me of?

Just been for my daily walk, and experienced a young buzzard dragging a dead Jay through the undergrowth. You don’t see that every day. Ain’t nature brutal 😟

I really love how responsible and caring the online gambling sites are. They’ve invested millions in getting celebrities to tell people to take a break now and again. Cuz that’s how gambling addiction works, right? They’re such good humans 👍👍 #bullshit

Today is the 10th anniversary of one of Liverpool's finest moments. Hundreds of Scousers met a neo-Nazi group as they arrived at Lime Street Station for a march through the city, forced them into the lost baggage office, and pulled the shutters down 🤣 bit.ly/45kCvK6 Liverpool, I love you ❤️

Last night's garden visitor did a cute little shimmy for the camera 😍🦔

There can be only one winner. @elspells13.bsky.social

This year’s fuchsias have popped 💜💜

Mornin’ ☀️

August is Chocolate Cosmos month - always a treat 🖤

My research for The Odd Female blog site has taken me down many a rabbit hole; and one in particular, was eerily close to home. In this special blog, I share my journey in search of a forgotten victim.

Hello. I’m a person in a soap opera who always shouts at my neighbours for listening in on a private conversation that I’m having at regular volume right in the middle of the local coffee shop.

For anyone needing to hear a Scottish man swearing. They do it so well 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Oh, Ozzy 💔

Sometimes, when I can arsed, I surprise myself 💪🏻💪🏻 God bless IKEA - every hole engineered to perfection 🇸🇪🇸🇪