Suzy Cuthbert

That's so lovely. I too was obsessed with them. I once emailed Stephen and he replied, which was amazing. Yesterday my daughter met him at the theatre - a second generation fan - I'm so proud!

And why is she so patronising towards her northern constituents?

I can't stop reading books about them. They are my favourite subject. Perhaps I just like getting cross. The queen mother kept five staffed houses. Five!

And he was only born in 1982

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My next door neighbour in the noughties used to stick "Xena" on the back of his car where the brand would normally be. He made it out of the X from Xantia and the ENA from Renault. I liked him so much for this.

The vet it was that died

I had to turn off the Two Matts

Odd to think that when I took my children to platform 9 3/4 in the noughties, when it was still a luggage trolley in the wall between platform 9 and 10, it was really quiet. This was in the height of the books and films coming out. There was hardly any merch to buy in those days either.

From the kitten cam

There's a Nob End in Bolton, Lancs

You won't find it in Shetland though. It's in Orkney

And there's one in Duns in the Scottish Borders

I was fascinated by the ITA books at our local library but my mum really didn't like me looking at them

Move to Scotland!

London is amazing and I love it.

Good to be able to have a happy medium though. I spent my thirties (in 2000s) staying at home caring for my children, as did lots of other mothers in our village. I think it was a lot less stressful for us, and we played a lot of tennis. Then everyone went back to work in their forties.

I didn't realise I was so lucky to have the family-run Pavilion cinema in Galashiels. Always a good experience, lots of staff and the owner usually there. It's been bought by Merlin now but I don't know anything about them.

I really liked this, especially after the day I spent at work watching scary presentations about it.

Yay, me too

Heading north (Scotland)

I don't know if Viz has a Reform character but Barry certainly seems like one

I have to mention one of my favourite books, Connie Willis's novel Doomsday - in which the protagonist's research trip back in time doesn't go as planned.

By the sixties he has to think up an excuse as to why he played lots of Beatles songs back in the war ...

And it was actually really funny and full of potential. I wish they had made more episodes.

That milk was absolutely vile, and unfortunately it was only taken away from the over sevens. We still had to drink the ghastly stuff at primary school in the mid 70s. I will never forget it.

Please do it

Watching that on video in the 80s was the most boring afternoon I've ever spent.

Hello from Merlin in Scotland