SIMBA’s fifth birthday today, he’s become a bit of a bruiser after being in a fight his eye got damaged. The operation to repair his eye was £2600. All good now.Thank heaven we had Insurance.

Just been to see one of my favourite photographers exhibition at Tate Britain. I love this picture by Lee Miller, 'Self portrait, modelling a Mado-Dobbs sports hat and Mirande coat, Paris, 1930' for American Vogue. Well worth a visit.

Once a vital London crossing for 20,000 cars a day, the Grade II Hammersmith Bridge has now been closed for longer than the second World War with no sign of it being reopened. Shame on Sadiq Khan and Hammersmith and Fulham council for failing to deal with this wonderful bridge.

I love the Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez is going to ask the EU to abolish the biannual changing of the clocks, calling the practice outdated, inefficient and unhealthy. He said "Frankly, I no longer see the point".

Just been to visit Cecil Beaton's Fashionable World exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. Saw his book cover and having used 10x8" cameras for advertising shoots in the past its amazing to see what his 10x8" camera and stand looked like. The AOP

Battersea Power Station's Malaysian owners are considering selling it for £2bn. In 1983 it was was sold for £1.3m to a theme park developer. My picture of Control Room A from my book Unseen London in 2010

Getty Images loses copyright case over training model for AI Appalling as our government is consulting on changing the copyright law to make this country more attractive to AI companies and their billionaire owners How will the creatives of the future be able to afford to create?

Appalling, Just Stop Oil activists who sprayed Stonehenge have been found not guilty of criminal damage after citing human rights law in their defense. It's the politicians they should be inconveniencing, not historical monuments and they should be made to clean it up themselves

The reprint of my London Theatres book is doing well. Big thanks to Waterstones in Trafalgar Square. If anyone wants a signed discounted copy for a Christmas present message me Waterstones Trafalgar Sq. Quarto Books US

With the first test starting on Friday, I love the use of my ashes picture on the front of the Observer sport supplement at the weekend #ashes#England test

The wonders of AI. A picture showing the Christmas fair in front of Buckingham Palace which is apparently disappointing a lot of tourists as it doesn't even exist

I have a studio in Morden which is the dirtiest bit of London I've ever worked in. There are cans, bottles and food waste left everywhere. Why do people feel entitled to litter, leaving it for other people to clean up after them? #litterlouts

The amazing Andromeda galaxy with an estimated one trillion stars, significantly more than our Milky Way

Tulip Siddiq sentenced to two years in prison over corruption charges in Bangladesh yesterday. How was she ever appointed the first anti-corruption minister? Labour dismissed the high court verdict as farcical

A very big thank you to the Royal Opera House gift shop for selling my London Theatres book, featuring the ROH on the cover it has been selling exceedingly well. Royal Ballet and Opera

Just discovered an old video of our sadly missed cat Crookshanks who my daughter use to talk to and even get replies. This is real and not AI.

A great start to Christmas. I've just signed a contract for a fifth book in my London series with my publisher Quarto Books US to be released Autumn 2026.

Wishing all my fabulous followers a very special Christmas, happy holidays and fantastic 2026

Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua fight. Speculation that they will get between £32m and £50m each for a contest that is not expected to last long. Joshua, a pro, is 6in taller, 2st heavier has a reach of 82in as opposed to Paul with 76in. Let's hope he doesn't inflict any brain damage

Who’d have thought that my 14 year old son, with a 9 handicap should feel the bathroom is the correct place to clean his golf clubs!