Looking forward to seeing Shovel Dance Collective at The Nest here in Oxford tonight.

Got round to watching Mr Loverman on BBC iPlayer. Can recommend!

I went to seen the magnolias in Headington Hill Park today

Please can you help save my local independent cinema? c.org/Fxs2PCxdML

I went to see Tim Key at the Oxford Playhouse last night. Last time he was at The North Wall; his gigs (or “concerts” as his mum calls them) are definitely getting bigger (wonder how much that has to do with The Ballad of Wallis Island?)

The paperback of Overnight is published this week on Thursday 12th. Thanks to everyone who supported the hardback. The updated edition has extra material and a beautiful new cover photograph taken on Skye by Nicholas J R White @nicholasjrwhite.bsky.social

I find I have more time to bake these days, but fewer mouths to feed

Forget about an elf on the shelf, look at what we've got! 😀 #UKWildlife #amphibians #frog #nature #photography 📷🐸🐍

Currently listening to Madra Salach’s EP It’s a Hell of an Age (having caught one of their songs on the radio earlier) 🎵

Watched the first four episodes of Small Prophets this evening. Love stuff by Mackenzie Crook.

Frogs in the Lye Valley Nature Reserve

It’s a long time since there was a baby in my house, but this is so relatable. As it says on the back, it’s “a graphic memoir (like a graphic novel, but true - and also a bit graphic)”.

A commission! People can always commission me to put a specific bird on a specific mat!

She knows what I like, my daughter. Thank you @darrenhayman.bsky.social !

Cherry plum on my walk home from work today

Scotland has mandated swift bricks in all new homes. A petition has been set up to get the UK Government to do the same here in England. Use this link to sign url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/nuK8CNk3kS...

I don't think this excellent Francis Spufford piece on Fantasy from yesterday's Guardian is online yet.

I seem to be playing tourist in my own city this weekend. This is Duke Humfrey’s Library, part of the Bodleian Libraries.

Blenheim Palace estate from the rooftop

Enjoyed my yoga class but didn’t enjoy walking back in the wind and the rain 🌧️

What a great idea! Advice & tips on how to engage with nature without adding to our carbon footprint! Well done @meganshersby.bsky.social @heatherdevey.bsky.social & @rebeccaonthewing.bsky.social Thanks @amandatuke.bsky.social for flagging!

Men’s big air on the BBC right now ⛷️

Daughter & I had our pancakes this evening. My favourite topping is lemon and sugar but this chocolate sauce was good: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Beautiful day to visit the snowdrops at Teddy Hall (St Edmund Hall) here in Oxford

What bird of prey is this please? (daughter’s photo) #BirdID #BirdOfTheDay

Was just wondering what luge riders were called. Lugers? I like sliders (although this works for skeleton and bobsleigh too).

Crossing the rail tracks at Oxford station today, to get to Botley Road from town (if you know, you know!)

I made (vegan) banana, pecan and chia bread from Helen Goh’s Baking & the Meaning of Life 😋

Crocus & Snowdrops in Bury Knowle Park #Oxford

Went out for a coffee; bought some books 🙂

Wonderful exhibition on Nigerian #modernism at the Tate

Just bought tickets for this for me and the boy @badger5000.bsky.social

My #12DaysWild @bbowt.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social

I’ll be doing The Wildlife Trusts’ #12DaysWild nature challenge again this Christmas. Won’t be posting here though, as planning to give myself a break from social media at the same time. Merry Christmas!

#NowListening to The Unthanks’ In Winter album. Soundtrack of the season for me, I think!

I went for a routine mammogram on the way home from work today. From my desk to done in 20 minutes. Very efficient #NHS

The joy of sending a test message to my work email and getting my out of office message back… (apologies to those still working/working over the holiday period!)

Spending the weekend away. I have arrived with my V60, filter papers, fresh coffee beans and NO HAND GRINDER. Fellow coffee aficionados, feel my pain!

Your yearly reminder that it’s almost time to prepare the prune Krampus

I won’t be in Oxford the weekend this is on but I did my bit for Magdalen Road businesses last night - went to a yoga class, then a book event, then picked up some momos on the way home 😋

Made me smile 🙂

Just rewatched the film The Ice Storm after a number of years (it’s just come out on blu-ray here in the UK). What a film!

Can I interest anyone in a spare seated ticket for My Bloody Valentine in Glasgow on Thursday? Open to offers, happy to take less than face value.

Been making the Christmas cake #baking

Was just on Google to check when The Stone Roses gig I went to in Stratford-on-Avon was and the AI overview said 1968 🙄 (it was 1989).

I'm looking for the best children's books of the 21st century. There are so many amazing graphic novels, fantasy, historical, picture books, contemporary, non-fiction and funny books that didn't make my original crowd sourced list - please tell me yours! tygertale.com/2019/10/09/t... #kidlituk

Oxford’s Christmas Light bus

Went swimming in the rain. Still enjoyed it 😌