Whenever I come to NHS Blood Donation 🩸🩹, I’m a bit in awe of the real-life magic of the whole thing - this is a (friendly, biscuit-filled) green room for miracles. Grateful to be a tiny part of it, today; and to be sending this wee bag of red off to help someone ❤️

Happy #WinterSolstice lads - all gets brighter from here, so time to get festive. Buckfast is mulling, lights are on, decorations going up. Very much enjoying the mini tree (from last year!) now featuring a teacake; and my favourite ever wrapping job on a Christmas surprise🌟

…. And on Sundays, we do witchcraft 🧙🏻‍♀️ thank you miss.muzz, for being endlessly full of both magic and dickhead-intolerance. Let’s see if it works!

The most powerful - surprisingly emotional - moment of my #IWD2022. My hometown was a notorious hub for trials and executions; but a few years back an understated memorial appeared by the loch. A tiny circle for each victim, and the words “Just people”. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

“They said we’d look back at this some day and laugh, and well….here we are…” Absolutely buzzing from this - Tim Key has written the raucously funny (and painfully relatable) response to lockdown and COVID that we’ve needed for the past two years. All the stars, go see it

Today marks exactly ten years since these carefree kids danced the longest day away, in the rain, with the Boss. A whole decade, somehow…yet we haven’t aged a day. Midsummer isn’t the same without you miss.muzz but it’s still my favourite IBBG tradition 💙

Worth the wait a hundred times over - The Gaslight Anthem, you had me at Have Mercy/Chelsea Hotel tonight! But What. A. Show. Absolutely killer setlist, and so much joy in the room. Thank you ❤️🤍 PS next show could just be Meatloaf classics by 🎄Brian Fallon🎄 and Chris Farren ? Ta

I love the NHS Blood Donation 🩸🩹 texts - finding out my blood has gone to parts of the country I’ve never seen! Huge thanks as ever to the amazing staff, and especially to the donor carer who took the time to make sure I knew I have neo blood and what that means ❤️

Cool, cheers COVID, absolutely perfect timing…. Happily stocked up on crisps - and not feeling as hideous as last time - but film and box set recommendations (cheery ones) v welcome

Short notice - and maybe a long shot - but looks like I’ll have a spare ticket for the The Socially Distant Sports Bar show on Friday night! Free to a good home, you just have to sit next to me for a couple hours…