Tonight I went to see Shakira at the O2 Arena with Laura, Emma and her sister Lucy. The venue has a policy of removing the tops from all bottles inside the venue. They do this to make them less likely to hurt someone if they get thrown.…
This morning radio presenter Jim Naughtie mispronounced the culture secretary Jeremy Hunt’s name and as a result said ‘Cunt’ live on air. Predictably this has caused an uproar and it’s reminded me of an amazing George Carlin video I watched a while ago.…
I was with Poppy this morning while she was looking @ParisHilton Twitter timeline. All of a sudden she started laughing and said, “Paris’s dog is called Baby Bear.”
What’s particularly funny about this is that I’ve ticced a lot about Paris and her dog before and “Baby bear” is a regular tic.…
Earlier on I went with Leftwing Idiot to Stoke Newington. We stopped to pick up some food from one of the many amazing restaurants on the high street. The man who served us looked at me like I was from a different planet.…
When I arrived at work this morning there was a massive package waiting for me. I wasn’t expecting anything so I unwrapped it excitedly. Inside were two pairs of fantastic boxing mitts and with them, a card that explained it all.…
Last week I got a call from Tourettes Action. They asked me if I’d be up for meeting an actress who’d been in touch with them. She’s preparing to play a character with Tourettes and wanted to meet someone living with it.…
My friend Laura is an art teacher at a secondary school in Sutton. She’s been working with a new group of GCSE students who are producing creative responses to my tics. Tonight she sent me an example of her students’ work.…
Tonight England played the USA in their opening World Cup game. I watched this at Laura’s house with a bunch football-loving men. The American goalkeeper, Tim Howard, has Tourettes and as I’m no England fan I found myself rooting for him through the whole dismal match.…
I went to vote this morning but I accidentally voted for the wrong candidate. My arm ticced while I was completing my ballot paper and I selected a candidate I would never have chosen. I was given a fresh sheet and managed to finish the job without further incident.…
Joanna Lumley was at the checkout next to me in Sainsbury’s this afternoon:
“Shit, shit, shit,” – shriek, squeal – “Shit, dog, dog food,” – finger in the air – squeal.
Her response, or lack of, has done nothing to dent my impression of her as a sound human being.
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