Peter Dickson

Popped round for tea and he whips this out from his back pocket! You can't fault his taste in literature. amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/183815…

Hosted the charity auction last night for my pals #dannymiller and @djillings and their #onceuponasmile charity at The Point Old Trafford. Raised a ton of £££££. @Sidley_OUAS

This Two Ronnies sketch was never televised originally (it appeared many years later), but I’ve no idea why. It was written by Ronnie Barker, under the pseudonym Gerald Wiley, and for my money it gives Four Candles a run for it’s money. Seriously, if I’d written something this good I’d just retire immediately. What a talent! Good morning.

My husband has lost most of his work to AI. If you want a great speech written by a human (not generic AI slop) have a look at his website mathew-owen.co.uk Please retweet far and wide.

@DannyCowanVO Send her my very best

Just a week after being discharged and after the longest Bank Holiday weekend in history, my wee mammy is back in the best possible place to try and get fixed. Please send all good vibes, thoughts, wishes, hopes and prayers for her recovery. 🙏🏻 Thank You 😘

@DAK2059 F

When Sir Bobby Robson completed his final chemotherapy session in 2007, his oncologist Dr Ruth Plummer pulled him to one side. Her department was outdated, a new cancer unit had been planned, but there was no money to equip it. Did he know anyone who could help? He took it home to his wife Elsie. She backed it without hesitation, and the phone calls started. A committee formed, and the idea emerged — use his name, build a charity around it. Bobby wasn’t comfortable with it at first. But once his name was attached, there was no going back. The target was £500,000 by summer 2008. The launch at the Copthorne Hotel was an immediate success, with Des Lynam, Bob Wilson and Jim Rosenthal all showing up out of nothing but goodwill. Seven weeks later, they’d raised £560,000. Today, the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation has raised over £20 million for cancer research. Legend. ❤️

"My name's Raymond. I'm 73. I work the parking lot at St. Joseph's Hospital. Minimum wage, orange vest, a whistle I barely use. Most people don't even look at me. I'm just the old man waving cars into spaces. But I see everything. Like the black sedan that circled the lot every morning at 6 a.m. for three weeks. Young man driving, grandmother in the passenger seat. Chemotherapy, I figured. He'd drop her at the entrance, then spend 20 minutes hunting for parking, missing her appointments. One morning, I stopped him. "What time tomorrow?" "6:15," he said, confused. "Space A-7 will be empty. I'll save it." He blinked. "You... you can do that?" "I can now," I said. Next morning, I stood in A-7, holding my ground as cars circled angrily. When his sedan pulled up, I moved. He rolled down his window, speechless. "Why?" "Because she needs you in there with her," I said. "Not out here stressing." He cried. Right there in the parking lot. Word spread quietly. A father with a sick baby asked if I could help. A woman visiting her dying husband. I started arriving at 5 a.m., notebook in hand, tracking who needed what. Saved spots became sacred. People stopped honking. They waited. Because they knew someone else was fighting something bigger than traffic. But here's what changed everything, A businessman in a Mercedes screamed at me one morning. "I'm not sick! I need that spot for a meeting!" "Then walk," I said calmly. "That space is for someone whose hands are shaking too hard to grip a steering wheel." He sped off, furious. But a woman behind him got out of her car and hugged me. "My son has leukemia," she sobbed. "Thank you for seeing us." The hospital tried to stop me. "Liability issues," they said. But then families started writing letters. Dozens. "Raymond made the worst days bearable." "He gave us one less thing to break over." Last month, they made it official. "Reserved Parking for Families in Crisis." Ten spots, marked with blue signs. And they asked me to manage it. But the best part? A man I'd helped two years ago, his mother survived, came back. He's a carpenter. Built a small wooden box, mounted it by the reserved spaces. Inside? Prayer cards, tissues, breath mints, and a note, "Take what you need. You're not alone. -Raymond & Friends" People leave things now. Granola bars. Phone chargers. Yesterday, someone left a hand-knitted blanket. I'm 73. I direct traffic in a hospital parking lot. But I've learned this: Healing doesn't just happen in operating rooms. Sometimes it starts in a parking space. When someone says, "I see your crisis. Let me carry this one small piece." So pay attention. At the grocery checkout, the coffee line, wherever you are. Someone's drowning in the little things while fighting the big ones. Hold a door. Save a spot. Carry the weight no one else sees. It's not glamorous. But it's everything." Let this story reach more hearts.... ~ Mary Nelson ✨🙌🏾💫

@JonathanRuffle @voiceofsiri @GravyForBrain It was my absolute pleasure J.

It's finally out there, the audiobook. Many thanks for production advice from maestros Peter Dickson and Jon Briggs. Available on Amazon, Audible and iTunes @peterdickson @voiceofsiri @GravyForBrain

If you are in Northern Ireland in May, please come along and support this wonderful charity and please share. #HFYNI

I have narrated an audiobook written by a good friend of mine called Ian Dandleroar. It's called "A Tossers Guide to Leadership." It's very good and it's available in all formats here :amazon.com/stores/Ian-Dan…

@BBCSteveR Thanks Steve. And thank you for your stellar reporting and unique insights into the Russian regime. You continue to exemplify the best of journalistic traditions. Keep up the good work....and the piano playing you talented man!

I ask Russians: how do you see your lives five years from now? Among the responses: “That depends on Vladimir Putin. On what mood he’ll be in.” Another reply: “Five years? If I look ahead 10 days, it’s good.” #2026

@BBCSteveR @weatherblether @BBCScotlandNews @BBCRadio3 Lovely

For St Andrew’s Day we present а long-distance musical collaboration. BBC Scotland Weather presenter Calum MacColl and I perform ‘A Red, Red Rose’ by Robert Burns. @weatherblether @BBCScotlandnews @BBCRadio3 #standrewsday

@BBCSteveR Old school manners. Lovely

45 years ago I made a pitch for the Director-General job. Didn’t get it – mind you, I was only 13. But I did get a reply from Ian Trethowan, who was DG at the time. All these years later I’m proud to work for the BBC.

@elonmusknews30 Hi

Hats off to this young lad at tonight's Scotland game miming smoking a stoagie during the national anthem.

Just a few people round for lunch!

Back at the Mighty Great Room on Park Lane and in rehearsals for today's BIG Groceryaid Sporting Lunch.

@SimonBatesUK What he said

Please bear with me on this, but I do think it’s important that we separate out our opinions of the BBC. There is a vast chasm between news provided by the corporation and drama, music, local, archive and all the rest from the BBC. The one shouldn’t bring down all the others

Watched #MrBurton on @BBCOne tonight. Stellar cast, photography, lighting, sound, design, script, score and direction. And hats off to the two dialect coaches Penny Dyer and William Conacher who worked with Toby Jones and @harrylawtey. You must watch it.

@vickster51 Absolutely. Or he could easily play Sean Connery in a biopic.

Watching Mr Burton on BBC One & just had a thought - relatively unknown, young, British - I could see Harry Lawtey as a new James Bond.