Emoji…

 I’m not quite sure what my recently used emojis say about my current mental state! 😂

🙂🤞😬❤️🛌💺😋🎭🐍🔫🥳🥛🍓🍌🚲👍🤷‍♂️🐟✅📕🥗🧀🫘🥔🎂😅🌧️😉😎🚿🫠

Highbury Marmalade 2026…

It’s that time of year again. Stuart and I have been cooking. 

We washed, we squeezed, we chopped, we sliced, we boiled, we stirred, and we cooled 1 kilo of Seville oranges 🍊, a lemon 🍋, and 2 kilos of sugar making 16 jars of delicious Highbury marmalade. And blimey it tastes good.  

Once again we’ve gone for a lighter, sweeter, more orangey flavour this year. Slightly firmed too. Tastes like super delicious sweet orange nectar.  Perfect on hot buttered toast. Yum!  

#marmalade #highbury 

Woodberry Wetlands…

Nice walk to the Woodberry Wetlands reservoir and lunch with Graham today. 

@graham_callam 

Nottingham Forest 0 - 0 Arsenal…

A match that promised tension just delivered paperwork. 

Arsenal waved their arms and asked for a penalty. Michael Oliver waved back and carried on. 

Forest defended like it was a local tradition. Martinelli missed a sitter. Saka arrived late and nearly nicked it. 

A point banked. Title lead intact. Everyone slightly annoyed.

Onwards and upwards, my friends. 

@Arsenal #NFOARS #COYG #NothinghamForest @gaygooners @regenersaurus 

Forest…

Forest, we’re coming for you!  

@Arsenal ♥️⚽️

@Regenersaurus 🦖

#COYG 🔴⚪️

#NFOARS 🥅

@gaygooners 🌈

Kenrex @ The Other Palace…

Last night went to see Kenrex at The Other Palace in London’s glitzy Victoria with Stuart and Darce. 

A play that leans into bravado and bad behaviour. Jack Holden writing sharp as ever but with stand-in Fabian Bevan gamely filling his boots. The director pushes the humour hard and sometimes it bites back. 

Seats so unforgiving someone next to me fled at interval and another followed simply because they hated it. 

I laughed winced and stayed. 

⭐️⭐️⭐️

@1jackholden @drewebosanquet @theotherpalace #theatre #reviews #kenrextheplay #LondonTheatre 

Chelsea 2 - 3 Arsenal…

Arsenal & semi-finals have recently mixed like oil & water. This time we turned up, scored three, & only briefly remembered our trauma. Arteta’s lot were dominant, ambitious, & momentarily allergic to killing a tie stone dead. Still, a win at Chelsea, a lead to defend, & the scent of Wembley in air. Progress, not perfection, & we will take it every day.

Onwards & upwards, my friends

@ChelseaFC @m8arteta

#Arsenal #Gooners #AFC #Gunners 

@Arsenal ♥️⚽️

@Regenersaurus 🦖

#COYG 🔴⚪️

#CFCARS 🥅

@gaygooners 🌈

Chelsea…

Chelsea, we’re coming for you!  

@Arsenal ♥️⚽️

@Regenersaurus 🦖

#COYG 🔴⚪️

#CFCARS 🥅

@gaygooners 🌈

When We Are Married @ Donmar Warehouse…

Last Friday went to see When We Are Married at Donmar Warehouse in London’s glitzy Soho with Stuart. 

JB Priestley’s comedy gets a rollicking revival directed by Tim Sheader and fizzing with Siobhan Finneran @siobhanfinneran, Samantha Spiro @samanthaspiro, Sophie Thompson @sophiet_official and Marc Wootton @marcwootton in top form. 

The plot is delicious Edwardian marital mayhem. 

Four star absurdity meets period satire. 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

@donmarwarehouse  

Portsmouth 1 - 4 Arsenal…

Great (but wet) day out with the @gaygooners 

Three minutes of FA Cup anxiety, followed by ninety of Arsenal remembering who we are. Portsmouth scored early, Arsenal shrugged, Martinelli went full menace with a hat trick and corners became a public service announcement. Madueke missed a penalty for balance, Marli Salmon made history for youth services, and the fourth round was booked without drama. Romance safely postponed.

Onwards and upwards, my friends.

@Arsenal @GabiMartinelli #COYG #FACup #Arsenal #Gunners #Pompey