On Tuesday lunchtime, I saw a hoodie cruising round the Albert Dock in Liverpool, blaring gangsta rap from his pastel-blue Peugeot 205.
Author: Richard Carter
A fat, bearded chap with a Charles Darwin fixation.
Iconography
The Christmas card I sent to Stense.
Horrendously misfiled
Spotted in Borders. Absolutely the last place on earth to file Simon Gray's 'The Smoking Diaries': in the self-help section.
Anything to keep Nite Owl happy
Video of Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer/Wounded John Scott Cree.
21 not out
My 21st annual Christmas Eve ascent of Moel Famau.
Away in a Pret a Manger
Have a guess what Pret a Manger put inside their all-day breakfast sandwich.
A toast
Mary Pickles, Farmer, (1926–2008).
Cheesy grin please, Prime Minister
I don't know who picks the photos for BBC News stories, but I'm pretty sure the person who chose the photo to accompany the current top story must be a closet Tory.
Not into cars
...but I am into Top Gear.
Irritating little Welsh no mark
John Humphrys rude to Marcus du Sautoy total non-shock.