Over the last few months the organisation I work for has been gearing up for the Ruby Do – a big, accessible, family event celebrating creativity, inclusion and forty years of providing adventurous play opportunities for local children.

All week I’d been obsessively checking the weather forecast, hoping for a beaming sun symbol, but instead I was greeted with icons for thunderstorms and rain.…

Over the last week or so a new regular tic’s been creeping into my repertoire. Predictably it relates to animal sex again but this time it’s even stranger than usual. My “Cat sex” tic has evolved and clearly the cats have too because they’re now sporting nightwear.…

It’s 11am and Nez and I have just left Truro on a train bound for London. We’ve been in Cornwall for the last two days having a lovely time. I’m heading home feeling happy and relaxed.

Yesterday I ran a workshop and gave a talk as part of the Penryn Arts Festival.…

Yesterday I woke early, as did my friend Nez who’d stayed at the castle last night. By 8.00am we were on our way to Paddington Station and from there we were soon speeding through the countryside towards Penryn.

I’m in Cornwall for a couple of days to run a workshop and give a talk as part of the Penryn Arts Festival.…

A couple of days ago I mentioned that Leftwing Idiot’s soon to be going away for a month. I explained then that I’d sorted out alternative support for myself while he’s away.

This evening we discussed care arrangements for his geranium.…

In the past few weeks summer’s at last swung into action, and as we race towards August it’s time for another Tourettes-inspired horoscope.

Here are your predictions, mighty Leos, for your lion hearts and your hedgehog heads.

I’m intrigued by the idea of a “Bank badger” – I’d love to see some artists’ impressions of what one might look like.…

Tonight’s the last time Leftwing Idiot’s going do my overnight support until September.

Next week he’s heading to Edinburgh where he’ll be in a show with our friends Cassetteboy for the whole of August.

When we first talked about him going away I felt very nervous at the thought of a whole month without him.…

I’ve written lots of times about the difficulty of keeping secrets when you’ve got Tourettes. Two such occasions were when my friend Laura told me she was pregnant with each of her children before she’d shared the news more widely.

Both times Laura told me her news in person, over dinner.…

Mum, don’t read this post! But, if you do, I’m fine now so you don’t need to worry.

Yesterday evening the castle was buzzing with people. Leftwing Idiot was here doing some filming in the garden, and a few other friends had dropped in too.…

Leftwing Idiot and I were coming home in the cab from a particularly long and gruelling day in our unusually hot office. We were looking at the early evening sun bouncing off the buildings we were passing. I said how nice it was that it was a little cooler at last, “Yeah” Leftwing Idiot replied.…