Merry Christmas everyone.

Happy ‘the effing Quality Street toffee coin took out my crown’ day, for all who celebrate.

This 14th Century door at Exeter Cathedral is thought to have the oldest existing cat flap.

This from @jim.londoncentric.media is a superb piece of reporting and data crunching on which is going on demographically and socially in London, through TFL charts. Jim's substack, Londoncentric, is very much worth your time.

www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tra...

Due to some technical SNAFU this week's edition of the Kitchen Cabinet (which is a rather good delve into the postbag as we couldn't go to Dorchester as planned) didn't appear on BBC sounds. It's now there. Apologies for the delay.

One for my neighbours in and around SE24.

I love this map of places where sycamore gap tree saplings will be planted. They include the Rob Burrow Centre for MND and a plot in memory of a 15 year old girl killed by her ex-boyfriend. They stretch from the Orkneys to Cornwall. By @nationaltrust.bsky.social

Massive away win for the little fella.

ABSOLUTELY. What We Were Watching at Christmas returns this year. Xx🎄🎄🎄🎄

Today’s poem is called ‘The Good Old Days’.

The #Exeter snow dome was breached today. Snow day from school meant fun and a v cold dog. It is not my place to recall that ‘in the 1970s north” we used to march through snow drifts and to school and then change into our slippers for the day! A few flakes was just as exciting today

Next Wednesday November 27 I’ll be @hatchardspiccadilly alongside a plethora of brilliant authors for a mass Christmas sign in. Join us there between 6pm and 8pm, for mince pies and books. Lots of books. If you want a personalised copy of Nights Out At Home now’s your chance.