Funny story

Just had to repeat this story my sister posted on her facebook status (n.b.Reception is the first year of school):

"Reception kid at lunch, proudly carried his dinner tray over and sat excitedly telling me he couldn't wait to "eat that" as he pointed to his choc eclair. He spent the whole main course talking about how much he loved "them things". Finally he finishes whips his tray round and takes a bite - sharply followed by a look of pure shock on his face as he stares at the eclair then looks at me and says "Wheres' me sauasge?!"

twitter - my goodness!

In a bid to get more people to enter our Reel Health Stories short film competition, I've started tweeting, and then googling to see the results. It's quite remarkable and more than a little worrying how messages spread through the internet like those science videos of rapidly-multiplying bacteria.

I know, I know, it's taken me a few years to catch on the obvious....

"In sickness and in health" submissions wanted for short film comp

We still need submissions for our short film competition. The theme is "in sickness and in health". Show us just what sickness, healthiness, madness and addiction mean to you and the people you love.

If you enter, you've got a pretty good chance of winning £100, or £50...and of having your film seen by none other than the fantastic Ken Loach as well as the brilliant David Morrissey.

Films will be used to help student doctors understand how their patients really feel about health, sickness and treatment.

Deadline is the end of May.

Enter here!

30th birthday party

Ahhh every time I have a birthday party I am so touched when people come. My 30th on Saturday was really special. My sister read one of her brilliantly scary stories and we had so much fantastic music from friends including Nigel of Bermondsey, Jimmy Cash and the Lewisham One, and Eagleslim and Curly Ballard.

It was a joint party with my best friend who has left London for Bristol for a job with the BBC.

There was laughter, tears and dancing a-plenty.