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A pitch for BBC One from my nine year old: DOGGY GLADIATORS #Gladiators Do we fancy miniature sausage dog Ruby’s chances getting up the travelator…?

Daughter has this moment spontaneously brought me sourdough toast in bed on my day off. So for all those people wondering: eventually, yes, there will be recompense for those 25,000 times you were not allowed to just HAVE A WEE IN PEACE during the toddler years. Happy Friday!

Well, #Amandaland was a delight and I highly recommend it for the many lols as well as the hot ex-History Boy neighbour. I am yet to recover from “Shin fame” and I feel it may be some time.

Vintage #totp tonight. Robson & Jerome are back at number one with NO WARNING. Not going to lie, it’s a shock. Husband cries: “Oh my god, I thought we were over this!!!” in manner of man who has discovered the failure of a critical cease fire. As song unfolds: “This is some next level shit.”

“No way are you doing this Christmas Eve box thing for kids, and you can ditch the matching Christmas pyjamas if you don’t actually want to do that and everyone needs to know that an alternative to making a cake is a massive pyramid of doughnuts from Lidl with maybe some sparklers on top.”

Finally got around to watching #BoybandsForever and it is fantastic. The archive footage! The new interviews! And I can’t stop laughing at what Robbie Williams refers to as the ‘pointlessly intricate’ dance routines, 99% of which are, indeed, simply ridiculous.

Well hello everyone! Thanks so much for following me, there’s suddenly quite a few of you! Here’s a sneaky snippet of my new book cover which I am SO excited about. I think it’s my prettiest one yet ❤️ Full reveal coming soon, and book details here: amzn.eu/d/1oTksue

Just been alerted to this Facebook post by my husband. We are 99% sure this is our (very well fed and much loved) cat, chancing her arm for second breakfasts at the cul de sac round the corner 😂 #catsky

Me, watching vintage Top Of The Pops: ‘I have no recollection of this’ / ‘OMG what a tune’ / ‘Why are [insert band name here] wearing coats/sunglasses, they’re inside’

100%! I’ve read so many excellent nonfiction books via Audible that (for some reason I can’t quite fathom) I would never have finished on Kindle or in paperback. #reading #writingcommunity

This was me approx two weeks from giving birth in 2013. And no, it *wasn’t* twins 😩😆

Nothing will more rapidly convince you you’re a terrible writer than a copy edit, through which you discover you’ve used the word ‘clear/ly’ approximately 52,000 times. #amwriting #WritingCommmunity

Decided I’m going to give this place a go, and (as is their wont) the doggos refused to be left out. #sausagedog #dachshunds #pets