Applications are now open for the Laughing Horse's 2025 Free Fringe Fest - if you are a performer looking to come to @edfringe.bsky.social this year, there's more info and the application form is here: freefestival.co.uk/Perform_With...

I have a new game from the office window each morning at the moment, and that’s count the parrots.

Today, there’s a new game: can you spot the squirrel that thinks it’s a parrot?

There’s something delightfully bleak about the grey seafront of an English seaside town on a rainy and cold November day, hibernating now until it bursts back into colour in the spring. But, disappointingly, no ice cream shops open.