I’ve introduced my mum to The Traitors. She asked me if they get murdered ‘for real’. 😂 I felt like saying yes, Claudia shoots them afterwards.

So sad to hear Tony Slattery has died. Had the pleasure of meeting him at a friend’s party and he was so nice to chat to - funny, super intelligent - it was like my own little ‘Whose Line Is It Anyway’ moment, and I’ll always cherish that memory. Rest in peace, Tony.

What’s the weirdest present you got this year? I got a box of tissues.

(Not knocking the present, nice to get one, very practical… just slightly strange, right?)

The usually lovely Fortnum & Mason was today like Dante’s nine circles of hell. Never have I seen such a swarm of humanity desperate for infusion teabags.

My mum calls Netflix ‘Netflick’. “I’m watching that Netflick,” she tells me.

She also thinks ‘Netflick’ is free. *Sighs in budget*

My last post on here was almost a year ago! Gosh. Although I’ve been quite withdrawn from social media this year - sometimes all the words I want to say stay in my head.

Happy winter solstice! The days get brighter from now on.

View of London from the top of Horizon 22.

I’m such a rebel.

The start of something spooky. #illustration #art

A glimpse of my Agatha Christie collection. I used to collect imprints, hence several copies of the same title. Love those early Fontana covers.

One of the cats threw up on the print out of my novel. I'm hoping this is a ringing endorsement of its potential, rather than an ominous glimpse of the future.

Well, here I am! (Looks around, pulls up a chair.) I did wonder what name to use… I originally used ‘Jayne’ online as was shy, and wanted to hide a little. Also there’s about a million ‘Amanda Carters’ out there in the world and all were savvy when it came to securing good handles etc.