Temperature outside has hit 31°. I am inside, in the shade, with iced water, being very very grateful I do not have to work today 🥵 I don’t do well with hot. #TheWeather

Sunday v.2 is taking Ch1 to work and then … dunno. No plans. Will probably involve doing fuck-all so I don’t bake to death, and reading more of my book. No fizz today though, it’s a school night #BankHoliday

I do enjoy Jason Statham doing his Jason Statham thing (The Beekeeper is on Sky One) #BrainOff

Sunshine, fresh air, and perhaps a few wildlife surprises... ☀️ What did you spot in nature this weekend? Share your bank holiday snaps and stories below! 📷️ Mike Barker

There are #bees on the flowers behind me. One of them was still for just long enough 🐝

Sat in the back garden in the shade, with a book & some fizz 📖 🥂 #HappyBankHoliday

At Ripon Cathedral today playing in #Haydn’s The Creation. There are two choirs as well as soloists & the orchestra

My back is letting me know that it’s not happy about yesterday’s gardening efforts. Middle age has its upsides, but stuff aching is not one one of them.

Also (sorry, but honestly) if I had to make a list of places cis men couldn't go to because a cis man had made a women "uncomfortable" there, it would be very long and there would be literally nowhere for men to go.

Good evening! Tonight’s rehearsal so far has covered: walking, flying, sailing, and a steam train. A quick break now for some home-made flapjack & then we’ll be back to it for more travel & transport themed practise. #PromInTheCastle Ticket link here: www.ticketsource.com/pontefract-c...

Sat in the garden having a break after strimming the “grass” (it’s mostly weeds & clover but it’s green so 🤷🏻‍♀️) And there’s a young male blackbird pottering about collecting grass completely unfazed by my presence

So, if he's going to stick with a hardline and frankly cruel immigration policy and thinks we should stay out of the EU and wants to reform the election system but only after the next election, what, I ask, is the actual fucking point of it all?

OOO is on! My weekend starts now 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

cc. EVERYONE IN GOVERNMENT

Repost if you’d like me to represent the UK at #Eurovision 2027.

Had a phone-free day at my niece’s wedding, it has been a Good Day. And now I’m home, and have wine, and #SNLUK about to start on the telly

I ORDER MY COFFEE BLACK. NO SUGAR. NO MILK. NO WATER. NO CUP. THEY HAND ME THE BEANS. I EAT THEM IN THE PARKING LOT LIKE A HORSE. THE BARISTAS HAVE STOPPED CHARGING ME. I HAVE NOT SLEPT SINCE TUESDAY. I CAN HEAR THE WIFI

Lol at the optimism of advertising cruises at the moment. Noooooope. #Taskmaster

Got a general 90s playlist on today. It’s nowhere near as good as the britpop one. I’ve skipped loads of tracks so far.

Cat pic as politics tax #ProofOfCat

The person who will ignore what the media says (since they’ll never say anything good anyway) & just get on with doing what Labour were elected to do instead of aping Reform & losing supporters all over the place is the leader they need. Don’t know who that is though.

The best thing Streeting could do in the national interest - right now - is shut up long enough for this to be top news, and concluded.

They need solidarity, and ability to admit upfront their mistakes, and set out strategy for supporting a leader, whether Starmer or not, for next 3 years. Just lay it out on the line, and take the shit they're going to get, but make steady change, and shout it. Otherwise, hello Reform Govt.

Happy birthday! 🥳 Here’s Tasha doing a Big Yawn after Ch3 woke her up from a nap

Hi all; Ch2 would like to know please for her uni work - who is the male interviewer here? I don’t know (but his repeated use of “inadequate” made me cross!) Thanks 🙂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmDK...

Sir David Attenborough… on your 100th birthday, we thank you. For a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with such grace and wonder. Generations have fallen in love with nature because of you. Happy birthday, Sir. 🎉

My new top arrived. It’s ace. Thanks @dochackenbush.bsky.social 😁

happy 9th anniversary to the day we watched Zendaya fall madly in love with Tom Holland in real-time

The @wyso-leeds.bsky.social annual Prom at Pontefract Castle, it’s always fabulous (even when it rains!) and this year’s is on the 20th June

There is a “contact us” section on their website. I’ve just used it to suggest they look again at their decision. I was very polite and did not do any swears.

AWOOGA! SALE ALERT! My Redbubble store is currently AWASH with discounts! Shirts and apparel are up to 25% off! Other stuff up to 40% off! Help support an independent artist! #art #merch www.redbubble.com/people/docha...

So those two reports i was meant to be doing the first weekend in March so they’d be done & out of the way? Just finished ‘em. Deadline is tomorrow.

Anyone leading on those Reform plans with criticisms of the logistics or queries on the cost or legality: you are part of the problem. It is a fucking disgusting idea. Lead with that.

Just a thought, but could we maybe focus on the fact that *Reform want to put tens of thousands of people in fucking concentration camps*, rather than the location of said camps?

It’s time once more for one of my favourite things ever. Written by @quantick.bsky.social #StarWarsDay

This is grotesque on multiple levels.

Relieved it’s not just me - VERY much not just me! - that finds this advert creepy as all hell #TescoMonster

Watching Ch2 competing in the #Roses #trampolining against York on the YouTube live stream. It’s like she’s on proper telly!

One of us is comfy… #Caturday

Mrs Ford-Hughes paying my orchestra so she can sing the Four Last Songs is nothing to this. Couple of choice extracts, but I'll let you read the final zinger yourself.

My inner 5yo is in charge today. I just Don’t Wanna

Excellent sunset as I was leaving orchestra this evening #TinyJoys Photo not filtered, but I did reduce the exposure time a little bit because my phone tried to use night mode which ruined the first photo I took. (and deleted)

& also. While I’m drunkish & oversharing…was trying not to cut my fringe until I could get it done by a professional before the niece’s wedding. I tried. I failed. I cut it myself on Thursday because it was annoying me so much & it is about 5mm too short & I look like a Katie Puckrick tribute act

Tomorrow I will have a gin hangover and it will be worth it because ngl 5 hours later and I’m still a bit frazzled

Been on my niece’s hen do in Doncaster this afternoon. Not drinking because drove over. Drove home, via supermarket, for trauma shopping

Ok. It appears you have never paid attention to how people post photos on here? The 2 photos side by side/4 photo grid joke format is a visual vernacular born of the limitations of the form that this idea would absolutely ruin for no good reason. Nobody wants this to be Instagram.

Tasha spent an hour wandering round on my desk this morning & then settled in for a nap. She’s been napping for 2 hours now 🙂 #ProofOfCat

Good. 👏 'Ed Miliband will double down on Labour’s commitment to net zero in the face of the Middle East conflict this week, insisting that as fossil fuel prices soar "the era of clean energy security must come of age".' www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Today’s office. Concert tonight with Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra at #Huddersfield Town Hall