Thanksgiving, in honour of our son’s American boyfriend. Over catering, puritan hats and a host of cocktails and games.

RIP handsome

Nobody gives Farage the same fire

So, 6 months after I started my new post-headteacher life, I’ve secured a professional acting job - and it’s in Manchester where I first began. LOVE by Bren Gosling on at The Edge Theatre in May.

www.edgetheatre.co.uk/love

Conversations with my (pretty deaf) dad.

Dad: Hello? Hello?
Me: Hi dad, you ok?
Dad: Not at all, I need your help
Me: OK, what’s up
Dad: I’m trapped in the internet

Happy scenes at the Christmas party for @northwestendacting.bsky.social

Son and his American partner are staying with us at the moment so we’re doing Thanksgiving 🇺🇸. Amir has instructed me in the art of candied yams etc but he’s making the pumpkin pie himself. (I have a month to learn how to do Chrismukkah)

Apple AI me looks like she’s about to burst into tears

1983 visiting a friend who was studying at North London Poly

Two really rewarding days delivering the ITAP for trainees from St Joseph’s College SCITT in Stoke-on-Trent. What a fabulous group or motivated, talented and inspiring trainees. The profession is in safe hands if this is the quality of upcoming ECTs.

Sunday night 7.45pm - free monologues and music evening at Chester Picturehouse. Go on, be a devil!

Term-time holidays in September are a revelation. Extends the summer and then we get back we’re straight into full-blown autumn

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,119,501!

I’m screwed