On an average day in the UK: 3,700 are forced to visit a food bank. 5,400 suffer domestic violence. 4,750 sleep rough on the streets. 4 migrants arrive in boats across the Channel. Guess which one the government is calling a “crisis”?

Getting in #early before the rush. Happy New Year everyone! All the best for 2020. #HappyNewYear

Woke up to find a unicorn head in my bed. Think I must have offended the mafia and the king of the fairies last night.

Playing a LIVE show of Anti-Valentines musical comedy at MAC Birmingham on Valentines Day! Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) #love " #comedy #music #ValentinesDay

Also a good surrogate for a standard 24 hour period of my life on some days. #parenting

"It's tricky to fly a helicopter!" (Things you never heard an 8 year old say pre-computer games number 237)

We've added Naomi Dawes track 'Evergreen' to the OFFICIAL The OFFICIAL Brum Radio A-List Listen out for it throughout the day on brumradio.com #NewMusicMonday

youtu.be/-X7H_t0XVnA Quarantine Cabaret! I'll be writing a silly song each week until all this blows over. I'm very proud of this one.

Premiering TOMORROW: First music video for lockdown-themed album. The Panic-Buying Blues

(tentatively puts tip of toe back into Lake Twitter...) TRUMP! RISE OF THE RIGHT! NAZIS! POLICE BRUTALITY! GLOBAL PANDEMIC! HATE! DEATH! (hides under rock again).

It's Mr Rich Stokes with a new classic!

Great first day of views on the new vid! Thanks for the support. If you haven't seen it yet please watch, subscribe and share! #blues #COVID19 #comedy #looroll #panicbuying #NewMusic youtu.be/hJJkDH8kzYw

"I went on down to the supermarket..." I think Robert Johnson would have enjoyed The Panic-Buying Blues #covid19 #quarantinecabaret #workingfromhome #lockdown #comedy #singersongwriter #singer #musiclovers #musicianlife youtu.be/hJJkDH8kzYw

Useless parenting advice for those raising boys! Solving the world's problems through song (with mixed results at best) youtu.be/lxtNk1hihjw Scummy Mummies Big Life Journal — Growth Mindset Parenting BalancED Learning We Knows Parenting Podcast Rob Beckett Breaking Mum and Dad SadMadDads Podcast

#Avengers Mansion! Grayson Perry says Lego is educational and Grayson Perry's a genius so the boy and I are having this as a #homeschooling win Grayson Perry SadMadDads Podcast Scummy Mummies #parenting #parenthood #homelearning #GraysonsArtClub LEGO

New LIVE album finally mastered and tracked and uploaded to bandcamp! As you see I tried to think of a humble, understated title. Rockstar. Storyteller. Artgod. mrrichstokes.bandcamp.com/album/rockstar…

Just a quick tune about how incredibly sensitive and important I am. I'm a male songbird. Watch me fly mrrichstokes.bandcamp.com/track/ballad-o…

New music video on the way. This ones got some of that 17th Century vibe that everyone's into right now... #thumbonpulse #workingfromhome #comedy #songwriter