Just super to welcome to Hampton Court the new intake to the Historic Royal Palaces / Queen Mary University of London MA course in Heritage Management. This lot will go far! If you’re interested in this course, do follow John Richard Davis who tweets what the students are up to.

Help needed, folks. I'm looking for a pub (obvs) in East London, Chatham or Portsmouth where we can start a film on the 18th Century Royal Navy. A pub where we have evidence that the Impress Service (press gangs) visited and pressed sailors for the fleet. Any ideas?

New team on Question of Sport - boring. No fun, wit or banter.

Red Letter Day. Daughter has a Literary Agent. So happy for her. Cake time! Also found out today (DNA result) that I'm 63% Irish.

Sad day if BBC axe Steve Redgrave. Have loved seeing him, Chris Hoy and Claire B. covering olympics

Richard III really wants me published... wp.me/p4R7h7-R via Mary-Ellen 👑

Delighted with Times/Chicken House Shortlist event and our Winner Laurel Remington and Secret Cooking Club For Girls

Shoulda, woulda, coulda. Fed up with these defensive utterances from football managers. They need to accept defeat realistically.

Nothing is happening - that is the problem. I still have only 8 followers and nobody well known is interested even though I follow them!!!

'Draft' - What We Call an Unpolished Gem wp.me/p4R7h7-m via Mary-Ellen 👑

My pegging-out= no ironing:vigorously shake wet clothes,pull/smooth into shape,attach pegs carefully, hand iron. When dry, fold and sit on!

Barking mad daughters out walking - in their dressing gowns - whatever next, onesies eg?

Missed Death in Paradise - football apparently more popular to my two male guests. Where are the Daleks when you need them?

Been writing of things to put into Room 101.Have filled many pages - maybe I'm Mrs. Intolerant - hope my pen doesn't run out - great fun!

Les Mis - buckets were cried! Cast were great and songs moving and emotive. Hard to stay dry-eyed. Didn't like Les Mis, I loved it!

Happy Robert Burns. Ae fond kiss, and then we sever;
Ae fareweel, alas, for ever! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ae_Fond_K…

Joanna Lovely (Lumley), her of the awesome voice, so gracious in accepting her NTA award.

Housekeeper out and children are refusing to wash-up and 'think of England'!