Poppy and I went out for dinner together tonight to celebrate her move to her new house. On our walk back we had a seasonal discussion.

TH: I’m not a big fan of autumn.
Poppy: I am. I love autumn, me.…

Poppy moved out of Leftwing Idiot’s flat today where we’ve both been staying since we moved out of the lair last month. Her new flat isn’t far away and I’m glad she’s been able to get settled before she heads back to college.…

Although it’s Sunday I was at work today because we had a big group of young volunteers who’d come to help out with some painting. At lunchtime I was sitting with a group of them who I hadn’t met before and they were very interested in the gloves I wear to protect my hands and chest from my banging tic.…

The other day I wrote about the pitfalls of falling in the countryside, but they’re nothing compared with those of falling in the city. Today while I was out with Bunny I dropped to the ground and catapulted forward. To avoid damaging my face I concentrated on trying to roll onto my back.…

I injured my hand at some point while I was away and I was having it checked out earlier by a doctor I’d not met before. Fat Sister came with me. The doctor was very friendly and unfazed by Tourettes. He took my medical history and asked me some questions and then he said: “I assume you don’t work.”…

Poppy and I headed back to London this morning. We’ve had an amazing couple of days in the countryside around Glastonbury – and I’ve brought a fair bit of countryside back with me. Two days of dropping to the floor on dusty tracks or flailing about in hedgerows has meant I’m a bit grubby.…

The van I slept in has no windows so when I woke up in this morning I had no idea what sort of day it was. I sent Leftwing Idiot a text to say I was awake and he came to help me get up.…

This afternoon Poppy and I jumped on a train to Somerset, to join Leftwing Idiot for a few days. He’s making a film with our friend Nez, describing their journey along the St. Michael Ley in a pedal powered, three-wheeled car.…

A few times recently people I’ve been talking to on the phone, both men and women, have called me ‘sweetheart’ or ‘lovey’. They’ve included people in professional roles like lawyers, estate agents or bank advisers, and coming from them this language has a particularly patronising tone.…

Tonight was the first episode of Planet Word, a new Stephen Fry programme exploring language (Touretteshero will feature in an episode due to air in a few weeks).

This evening’s programme explored the beginnings of language, its evolution and acquisition.

One of Stephen’s guests was the leading expert in evolutionary linguistics, Michael Tomasello.…