Last week my younger brother - supermarket worker, single dad of two teenage girls - had a minor stroke & is now recuperating at home. My parents want to help him & the girls but know that they can't. Am I ok to head up north like
#DominicCummings
did because my family need me?
I don’t think Cummings and Johnson have any concept of how FURIOUS people who have been making these incredible sacrifices for months now will be about this. This isn’t just going to be a Twitter thing.
Obsessed with
#TheSix
having set up a WhatsApp group chat after burying Keanu. Who’s the group admin? Does it have a profile pic? Does Kathy keep accidentally sending it her Wordle score?
#EastEnders
Just over a year ago my nan was so ill I had to go home to say final goodbyes. Then… she just kept going. Yesterday, she’s in the pub necking wine out of a straw. Hero.
Just watched The Nightmare Man - a story I wrote for The Sarah Jane Adventures - for the first time in about ten years. It was actually really lovely. Such a gorgeous talented cast as well. Hashtag emotions.
Jacob Rees-Mogg says a "convivial fraternal spirit" means the Conservatives do not need to wear masks in the House of Commons
"We on this side know each other," he says
Twenty years ago today my first ever piece of professional writing - a Doctor Who story where aliens try to take over Ibiza with trance music and pills was recorded. It feels like both yesterday and a lifetime ago. Thanks for everything
@bigfinish
!
Last night a cat came up to me in an alleyway and was very friendly. I worried he might be missing so I called the number on his collar and turns out I’ve made a new friend 🥰
Remembering that period of lockdown when you could visit people but you had to keep your distance meaning family photos look like publicity photos for a new series of Torchwood or Bonekickers
Dear
@Tesco
. Linda currently looking after the self-service till area in your Old Kent Road store is doing an AMAZING job. Dealing with multiple customers & queries, making sure the queue goes down as quick as possible & just being brilliantly chilled & friendly. Hero of the day!
16 years ago, on
#BigBangDay
, the first
#Torchwood
audio drama Lost Souls aired on BBC Radio 4. Coincidentally, this was also the first full-cast radio play that I ever listened to. And I enjoyed it.
This has been a dream job. Fans of the old series are going to love it. Kids who've never heard of it are going to love it. Fans of amazing scary telly are going to love it.
JUST DON'T LOOK INTO HIS EYES!
#TheDemonHeadmaster
One of my best friends died yesterday. Paul was funny, glorious, fabulous and so kind. The love on here and Facebook for him shows just how much he was adored by everyone who knew him. Always look after those around you xx
Doing a rewatch of Cracker - teenage me’s favourite tv show. Genuinely don’t believe there’s ever been or will be a better ten minutes of television than the last ten minutes of episode 2 of To Be a Somebody.
Rewatched the first Sapphire and Steel story this evening. What a genuinely brilliant piece of television. And lovely to watch with a couple of mates who'd never seen it before and see them go from "bemused" to "enthralled". Just so good on every level.
To the bloke sat opposite on the train who just loudly said "remember when we went into that suspected gay bar. We've never downed our drinks so quickly." Trust me, you and your mates have nowt to worry about. And this is coming from someone who really ain't that fussy.
At my cousin’s wedding and he’s just told us the beautiful story of how he met his bride. “She came up on Facebook’s ‘people you may know’ and I thought she was fit.” 🥰
So last night I had my drink spiked. Thankfully I had a mate with me who got me out of there but still feeling very dazed.
Be careful out there people.
It’s
#WorldMentalHealthDay
. A few months ago I went to the doctors because of physical pain I was suffering. Turns out I’ve got anxiety AND depression (double whammy!) Turns out I can manage it with tablets & a daily routine I learned from therapy. I can sleep now. Tell someone x
I mean I’m not saying today is ALL ABOUT ME but one year ago I stopped smoking. Good luck to anyone who’s doing
#Stoptober
. If I can stop after 25 years of being a heavy smoker, then so can you.
Me being interviewed: “Watching Peter Capaldi saying my words is the most exciting thing ever.” CUT TO: Me looking bored, scrolling through my phone during the filming. 🥺
Teenage boy on train on his phone “oh my god you’ve got to help me! I was just out with Millie & when I went to say bye I accidentally said I loved you so I called her and said ‘I meant as a friend’ then hung up on her & I don’t know what to do.” He’s starring in his own rom-com.
Just found a newspaper article about me getting my A-level results (nearly 25 years ago 🤯). This was also years before I came out. There were NO clues.
As a writer, I'm often asked to share words of wisdom and I feel bad that I can never really think of anything to say. But, today I discovered something really vital. Never, while writing a script, quietly munch through three packets of sweets without reading the packaging first.
*stares at computer for two hours realising there's no way to deal with a major plot hole in this story so might as well quit doing any writing ever again*
*leaves computer and within TEN SECONDS has worked out how to deal with it*
WHEN WILL I LEARN?!
"So, Joe, have you written that spec script yet?"
"No, I've been busy."
"Busy?"
"Well I kinda accidentally watched all 26 episodes of 1980s classic cartoon serial Around the World with Willy Fogg."
Day 5 of giving up smoking. Things I currently hate: my boyfriend, my best mate for whistling, my friends I’m seeing shortly, all my friends, everyone on Twitter including you, trains, WhatsApp for letting people message me, the fact that it’s slightly too warm inside this coat
Not particularly interesting but my profile pic is me standing exactly where Rani describes standing in the opening scenes of Rani Takes on the World. Casablanca’s just across the sea 🌞
#BeyondBannermanRoad
Have I successfully completed a script this week? I have not. Have I successfully done any exercise. Also no. Cleared my emails? Nope.
HAVE I GROWN A RED CHILLI? YES I BLOODY WELL HAVE!