The boys Brown

I went through to Oxford to see Mum, my brothers and my nephew for the afternoon. Alfie is now four months and he's changed so much since I last saw him at six days. He's becoming a proper wee character and is determined to stand rather than sit.

We had fun pottering about, drinking tea and catching up. It's lovely to see them all and I'll be visiting again tomorrow.

On my return to London, I met Fred at the Royal Festival Hall and went to see Liz Lochhead, Scotland's National Poet, as part of the London Literature Festival. It's our third event at the festival and I can thoroughly recommend it. Liz brought a refreshing insight to poetry and made me wish to seek out more poems day to day. A fab lady indeed.