https://richardherring.com/warmingup/ en robs@notbbc.co.uk Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:45:09 +0100 https://richardherring.com/warmingup/18/10/2026/index.html Sun, 18 Oct 2026 10:43:00 +0100 8717/21636It&#039;s Catie&#039;s birthday this week and so to celebrate that and because we thought it would be fun for the family we went to the Petit Chef interactive restaurant experience in London.It&#039;s a neat idea which involves your table and plates being projector screens and a tiny French chef (maybe the little cook from Big Cook, Little Cook who hasn&#039;t been on TV for a while) who runs around the table and tells you the history of the tomato. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/17/10/2026/index.html Sat, 17 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0100 8716/21635This morning there was a ghost in our kitchen. I put a milk bottle on the counter and didn&#039;t properly put the lid on. And then about every 20 seconds a ghost tried (and failed) to take the lid off. I filmed it, so no one can deny it happened. Explain that science. (see Substack for video evidence)&nbsp;<br/>I have a couple of social media pet peeves to talk about today. Sorry, make that three. I also hate it when people refer to something they don&#039;t like as a pet peeve.They are more social media self-owns. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/16/10/2026/index.html Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:52:00 +0100 8715/21634I am trying to get myself into some kind of routine so that I don&#039;t waste my remaining day/days (somewhere between 1 and 10,000) and I nailed this morning. I did my daily puzzles whilst making breakfasts for the kids and me and then got on with making lunch (all before 8am), then took the boy to school, came back finished off preparing my lunchtime pie, wrote my blog, prepped for my podcast, realised I had half an hour to slot in a Newsround and then interviewed the incredible Matt King (aka Superhans) until midday. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/15/10/2026/index.html Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:57:00 +0100 8714/21633More thoughts on Twitter�&amp;euro;s part in my downfall, after my initial decision to stop using it.Good on the British Comedy Guide for picking up on the sea change in podcasting. Sad to see Pappys and All Killa go, though understand the reasoning I&#039;ve also noticed a few great stand ups posting about low ticket sales on their tours, which might be part of the same basic trend. The bigger name comics have always commanded the audiences, but perhaps it&#039;s skewing even further that way now. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/14/10/2026/index.html Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:41:00 +0100 8713/21632Ernie had the day off school today. The lurgy hanging over the house had hit him (and me). It&#039;s not too bad, just making us all a bit snotty and tired. I had to go into town for a meeting and it seemed that everyone on the train was struggling too. Lurgy and fruit flies are the two plagues hitting our house and the UK right now. Oh, and soon, the actual plague. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/13/10/2026/index.html Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:13:00 +0100 8712/21631Threads continues to be a gobsmacking pool of stupidity. Not only does everyone on there seem convinced the world is flat and that we&#039;ve discovered Noah&#039;s Ark, but there&#039;s a lot of predictions about the imminent Rapture too.Someone even had a very convincing video about the good being sucked off to Heaven (been there) and the rest of us staying on a planet with no religious people on it. Wait, is this meant to scare us or have us crossing our fingers that it&#039;s real?Imagine a world without anyone who believes in God... it&#039;s easy if you try. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/12/10/2026/index.html Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:16:00 +0100 8711/21630I hadn&#039;t touched clay since last November until this weekend. Ernie had been using air-dry clay at school and wanted to do more at home, so I bought a bag online and we had a play I showed them how to make a pinch pot and my efforts were as rough as fuck. Phoebe then made a really lovely beaker to keep pencils in, which was far better than mine.As with everything I do, I am not the best at it even in my own house.