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Tuesday 8th September 2026

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 14:49:00 +0100

8678/21597They mysterious Richard D Herring died today. Is it just me or are Richard Herrings dying at a much quicker rate than you'd expect for people with a relatively obscure name.He won't be forgotten. Mainly because we have no info to remember him by (though since I last looked a picture has been added). Please plant a tree in his name.

So the news broke about my decision to end RHLSTP. I mean, I broke the news, so I probably should have expected it.

Monday 7th September 2026

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:45:00 +0100

8677/21596So the real reason I am giving up RHLSTP is because I am now a huge film star. I got the train down to Brighton this morning for the first day of filming on Zak The Ripper. I have the first and last line in the film and so I am guessing I am the star of it, which means I no longer have time for scum like you and will soon be on an island with all the other celebrities making some dubious moral choices. My favourite kind of choices.I won't let it go to my head yet. Let's wait for Oscar season.

Sunday 6th September 2026

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 10:42:00 +0100

8676/21595There are three more live RHLSTPs this year at the Leicester Square Theatre. The first one on 28th September has a pretty strong line-up: James Acaster and Isy Suttie. I am working on getting guests of that calibre for the other two so it's worth booking now.But you might also want to come because I am pretty certain that these will be the last three live RHLSTP shows I do. At the very least I am going to take a break from it, but I think it's probably time to move on to do something else.

Saturday 5th September 2026

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 09:12:00 +0100

8675/21594If you want to get a mattress the Dreams in Stevenage doesn't give a fuck about making sure you've tried it out four times or thought about what kind of base it goes on or really anything apart from wanting to sell you a mattress. They'll just ask how firm you want it to be, show you a really cheap one on sale and then a less cheap one (but cheap compared to the guy who doesn't want to sell his beloved sexy mattresses) and then you'll be out of there in 30 minutes.

Friday 4th September 2026

Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:38:00 +0100

8674/21593A little skylight on our landing got cracked (we think) in the recent hail storm. At least it was during that storm that the window started to leak and we realised there was a big crack in it. I thought it would be a relatively easy task to call out someone to replace the glass, but so far all the Hitchin glaziers have turned me down, without saying why.You'd think glaziers would want to fix any window they could get their hands on. It's a job. They get paid for their time.

Thursday 3rd September 2026

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0100

8673/21592First day of secondary school for Phoebe and she was picked up by a friend and they walked there without any grown-ups. What a delightful and horrifying moment. My heart swelled like a balloon that was somehow also brittle and cracked. How is it possible? I was driving her to reception yesterday. Literally. But they wouldn't let us in because the school wasn't open yet and Phoebe was clearly too old.Ernie goes back to school tomorrow, so we did some last minute errands for him.Two quite different retail experiences this morning.

Wednesday 2nd September 2026

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:44:00 +0100

8672/21591I am recording five RHLSTP Book Clubs in the next fortnight and have a lot of reading to do. I've been very much enjoying Reece Shearsmith's forthcoming "Things I Took From The Dark", his look back at his childhood and the monsters and stories that inspired his comedy. In all honesty if you were told this was a book about the inspirations of a future serial killer you would probably believe it. So all in all it's good that Reece chose to go into comedy, rather than murder. Unless he's secretly doing both.