So here in France we have a 5G-enabled electricity meter called Linky, which naturally here in the land where people who live in heaven think they live in hell there were all kinds of protests — Linky gives you cancer, makes your kids autistic, kills your dog, sets your house on fire, and so on.

Yessss, Rory!

Nooooo. Rory.

Wow, Rory.

Oh Rory.

A good Sunday. Sang in a super early evening concert with @thechoircefc.bsky.social and home in time to cheer on Rory in The Golf.

As our next concert, Beethoven: Missa Solemnis on 13th April,will be held at the refurbished #Victorian theatre in #AlexandraPalace, we will be forgoing our usual black clothing and embracing our surroundings in full Victoriana. To witness the finery, visit www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/mis...

GPs and Cardiologists: What's the pathway to access assessment these days for someone with undiagnosed predictable exercise-induced chest pain? It used to be a GP appointment. GP now seems to advise going to ED even if no current pain. That can't be right, surely? (Not me. I'm fine)

The caption on this picture is like something that will feature in a global history book in 20 years' time.

This is going to make it infinitely more difficult to sign fentanyl out from the CD cupboard

Sometimes my face makes the most peculiar expressions unexpectedly. Still surprising myself after nearly half a century.

SHOP ME: Hello, have you got any Quorn? S: Yes, what variety? ME: on the Quob? S: Please leave

Did a night on-call on Thursday. Extra naps on Friday afternoon and Saturday afternoon. How am I still tired on Sunday?

Just one day left to grab your *EARLY BIRD* tickets for our Beethoven: Missa Solemnis at Alexandra Palace - don't miss out! FUN FACT: The music you hear on this post is actually us during our last live performance of Missa Solemnis! 🎵 www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/mis...

I have new varifocals. There is literally a tiny spot in one lens where I can get my laptop or phone in focus at a distance where I can reach to type. Disaster.

In this week's Guardian Blind Date, they use the word 'yap' too often and it's very unsettling. My review yaps back:

Oh. Ohhh. They are called that because of trying to keep candles alight in strong winds. Oh.

I was bought a box of 5 creme eggs for Valentine's Day. That is true love.

In the latest Guardian Blind Date: "Didn't we go on two dates eight years ago, but you didn't want to see me again…?" I review the long-awaited third date. 👉👈

Fascinating (no, really!).

Absolutely delighted that for #LGBTHM25 we've launched an updated version of the Rainbow NHS Badge @gstt-nhs.bsky.social! The new design uses the Progress Pride flag, and is intended to better represent LGBT+ patients, families and staff

Just living for the day the Rent is on again in the West End.

Our return to the stunning @sloanechurch for our first London concert of the year

First of the season

classic Loony Tunes have much to teach us about class solidarity

Got my xylophone ready for the climax of #TheApprentice tonight

Sign of changing times. There were only two "myself"s in the first episode of #TheApprentice and one of them was even used in the correct grammatical way.

Don't become a doctor.

Not long to go now until Saturday's concert in Holy Trinity Sloane Square, so make sure you have your tickets to listen to some #JacobclCollier, #VictoriaVitaPoleva, #Grace-EvangelineMason , #PaulPatterson, #Tavener, #Barber and #ArvoPärt Tickets - tinyurl.com/CEFCWorldOWo...

How is it possible to get up more tired than when you went to bed?

I don't want my appliances to be connected to the internet. I don't want them to have blinky lights or touch screen controls or be accessible by phone. All I want is for them to do the one thing they are supposed to do, and to beep less. Hear that, manufacturers? Less beeping.

We went to the pet shop to look at cat paraphernalia today. It's happening.

If I were to go on #TheTraitors, I wouldn’t say I was a doctor, as they usually get shot down quite quickly. I would just say I was anaesthetist or something.

BBC Scotland reports on today’s school closures for Storm Éowyn.

this is probably not the most important thing to know about the Panama Canal this week, but if you travel east through the Panama Canal you go from the Atlantic to the Pacific

Since nobody asked, here is a map showing where polar bears have been found in Iceland after drifting over from Greenland on icebergs.

Really struggling with this series of Silent Witness. The camera is atmospherically blurry and shaky, and everything is so dark.

Made some chocolate

Earwigging on people at the next table talking about how doctors in private hospitals are so much better than those in the NHS. Luckily I've only had 2 small glasses of wine.

In our next concert in #HolyTrinity, #SloaneSquare on 1st Feb, we will be joined by the wonderful cellist #SarahButcher for the #GraceEvangelineMason work, A Memory of the Ocean. Tickets and further info on our concert can be found he tinyurl.com/CEFCWorldOWo...

A victory for patient safety: our case against the GMC over their failure to properly regulate Associates is now heading straight to the High Court! The Court ruled it raises serious issues of importance for patients & professionals, and he granted permission and expedition. bit.ly/AUgoahead

Your toothbrush does NOT need an app. (Also touchscreen controls in cars are crap and dangerous.)

Sitting in the dark by a firepit. Drinking a Chilean merlot. Eating spiced plantain crisps. Sound of waves in front of me. Jazz acoustic guitar playing 'Fly me to the moon' behind me. Surrounded by a gang of sassy working cats and kittens who keep appearing from unexpected places. #BirthdayEve

A single image from a film that immediately makes you hear a song from the soundtrack.

Out. Of. Office.

Satsuma, chocolate tree decoration and a mince pie for breakfast. I will not cede.

Correction: “The walls were painted by an anaesthetist who wanted to give patients something to look at while they waited for their surgeon to send a valid group and save.”

Breakfast in bed

Legally, you must finish all the Christmas food by close of play today. Get on it.

By the middle of December, only 37% of those eligible for a flu jab - including the over-65s, under- 17s, NHS workers, carers, pregnant women and people with long-term health conditions such as asthma and diabetes - had been vaccinated.