Today was the last day of the Glastonbury Festival and it was gorgeous in every way – the weather, the company, the dancing, and all the laughter.

To start with I went to watch Leftwing Idiot perform as DJ Rubbish with his old friends Cassetteboy.…

I woke up to the sound of rain gently beating against our tent. This soon stopped and Worthy Farm was bathed in warm sunshine, but not before I’d had my shower. It was an accessible shower, closed on all sides for privacy but open on top, which meant I had the invigorating experience of having a hot shower in the rain.…

Yesterday’s journey to Glastonbury was smooth and trouble-free. Remarkably we were able to get through security and into the Festival itself despite my tics going into overdrive the moment we got to the entrance. There’s a list of things you’re not allowed to take on site, which includes:

Glass bottles
Animals
People without tickets
Drugs
Fireworks

As the security staff checked our car and asked if we had any of these banned items, my tics announced:

“We have a Springer Spaniel in the boot.”…

Being a superhero is a tiring job, particularly when part of your mission is writing about it every day. So I’ve decided to take a break for a few days while I’m at Glastonbury Festival!

That being said, I’m going to be doing six shows there with the incredible Captain Hotknives.…

Yesterday 50,000 people marched through central London carrying a peaceful but powerful message to the doors of the Houses of Parliament. Poppy and I were among them.

We were there with tens of thousands of other people in the shadow of this iconic building and listened as campaigners gave compelling speeches about this Government’s driving ideology and the impact of their savage austerity.…

In a few moments I’m off to join a big ‘Anti Austerity’ demonstration organised by The People’s Assembly – I’ll fill you in when I get back. But first, here’s a musical interlude.

Earlier this morning, when I was getting ready for the day, my tics sprang into action with this little song:

“Your mum is just a sheep dog,
Your mum is just a bear,
Floating on the majesty of
Donald Trump’s hair.”…

When I was eight I was diagnosed with dyslexia and dyspraxia, I was ticcing a bit then too, but they were mild, and it wasn’t until they intensified in my early twenties that I was diagnosed with Tourettes. I was a chaotic child but I was lucky to be (mostly) well supported throughout my education.…

Below are the dates, times and locations of our pre-Edinburgh scratch performances of Backstage In Biscuit Land along with the Fringe schedule and dates in September when the full piece comes to London:

Scratch Performances
18th July: Battersea Arts Centre, London @ 8.30pm (tickets available here)
19th July: Battersea Arts Centre, London @ 8.30pm (tickets available here)
22nd July: Graeae Theatre Company, London (Time and ticketing to be confirmed)

Edinburgh Performances
1st August: Pleasance Above, Edinburgh @ 1.55pm (tickets available here)
2st August: Pleasance Above, Edinburgh @ 1.55pm (tickets available here)
3rd August: Pleasance Above, Edinburgh @ 1.55pm (tickets available here)
5th August: Pleasance Above, Edinburgh @ 1.55pm (tickets available here)
6th August: Pleasance Above, Edinburgh @ 1.55pm (tickets available here)
7th August: Pleasance Above, Edinburgh @ 1.55pm (tickets available here)
8th August: Pleasance Above, Edinburgh @ 1.55pm (tickets available here)
9th August: Pleasance Above, Edinburgh @ 1.55pm (tickets available here)
10th August: Pleasance Above, Edinburgh @ 1.55pm (tickets available here)
12th August: Pleasance Above, Edinburgh @ 1.55pm (tickets available here)
13th August: Pleasance Above, Edinburgh @ 1.55pm (tickets available here)
14th August: Pleasance Above, Edinburgh @ 1.55pm (tickets available here)
15th August: Pleasance Above, Edinburgh @ 1.55pm (tickets available here)
16th August: Pleasance Above, Edinburgh @ 1.55pm (tickets available here)

September Performances
7th September: Southbank Centre, London (tickets available here)
18th September: Battersea Arts Centre, London (tickets available here)
19th September: Battersea Arts Centre, London (tickets available here)
20th September: Battersea Arts Centre, London (tickets available here)

After months of travelling, Fran’s finally back in the UK, and I’m delighted that she’s started doing some support work for me again. This afternoon we were out in Peckham when a big group of teenage boys on bikes came haring along the road.…

When I got in this evening there was a surprise waiting for me in my living room – perched on top of the bookcase (also known as the Piggy Display Unit, or PDU) was Dalmatian Piggy!

Regular readers will be very familiar with my pigs, which the Pig Fairy sends me every time I have a day without a ‘ticcing fit’.…