Random musings—mostly for me, but you might accidentally find something useful too
🥢 Cooked a pretty decent Kung Pao chicken at home. Bit less Szechuan pepper next time.
🚘 Was supposed to be going to Lightport on Valentine's Day (and a meal out afterwards) but my car decided to throw all sorts of warning lights on the dash on Saturday morning and only got me home in limp mode, so had to abandon plans. We stayed in and ordered pizza instead.
🎧 John Cooper Clarke – I Wanna Be Yours (audiobook, memoir)
📺️ Slow Horses (S2–4) (Apple)
💼 Loads of people off sick on my team at work, so it's just been long days in the office and not a lot else this week.
🃏 Poker tournament at the weekend but I just wasn't feeling it... and it showed. First out, from seven players. This was game two of 12 (also missed the first one). Katey crushed it though and won! 🔥
😴 Off work for the week for a little staycation at home with Katey
🥳 Celebrated Katey's birthday with presents and food and lots of love 🥰
🛍️ Bit of retail therapy at the Trafford Centre in Manchester. Searched for (and failed at getting) swimsuits, went to the Apple store, bought a cotton gift wrap in Lush + sweets and stationery from Kenji, ate all the fried chicken, washed our hands in Rituals, then headed home 😍
📺️ Drive to Survive (S7) (Netflix)
📺️ Just a Dash (Netflix)
📺️ Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart (Netflix)
📺️ Manhunt: Chasing the Fox (Netflix)
Tags: #weeknotes #weeknotes2026
💼 Back in the office this week after a few weeks of working from home. Officially passed probation! 🥳
🎟️ Booked tickets to see John Cooper Clarke in November
🥱 Lovely lazy Sunday with Katey eating food and watching TV 🥰
📺️ The Night Manager (S1) (BBC)
📺️ Industry (S4) (BBC)
📺️ A Man on the Inside (S2) (Netflix)
📺️ Amy Bradley is Missing (doc) (Netflix)
Tags: #weeknotes #weeknotes2026
😷 Finally getting over a nasty bout of flu, so spent the week mostly watching trashy Netflix true crime docs.
🚀 Went to Manchester to see The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks, an immersive 360° show about the Apollo (and upcoming Artemis) missions (1-min teaser video). Loved it!
🍿 It's the start/end of the year, so here's my annual round-up of all the films and TV shows I've watched in 2025.
🎆 Quiet night in for New Year's Eve; watching movies, Jools Holland's Hootenanny, and the London fireworks on the telly. Ordered in pizza 🍕
An end-of-year summary of the best television I watched in 2025.
An end-of-year summary of the films I watched in 2025.
🥳 Had a lovely Christmas spending time with the family. Ate, drank and made merry.
🎁 Got some awesome presents from Katey on our first Christmas 😍 A 2026 calendar she made featuring my dog Ollie in famous movie posters is 👨🏻🍳💋