I've been out of work for the best part of a month. Luckily, Khara hasn't been working either, which has meant we can have a joint appreciation of David Tennant, which mainly consists of a competition in which we try to spot him in some form of media at least once a day, (I even got a point while in America, when he appeared on an Alabama TV screen showing repeats of Dr. Who), and baking.

However now I just want to go. I'm back in Shrewsbury for a few days with the parentals, which is lovely, especially as now Dad's his own boss, he can grant himself a day off.

Saw Grandma yesterday, and played a lot of dominos. Unfortunately it turns out that a body was found in the grounds of her old people's home recently. The poor cook found the skeleton. Luckily I don't think Grandma knew about this development, or if she did, she doesn't remember. Today we walked around Haughmond Hill. Good day for it.

Will be back in Bristol on Friday, hopefully in time for an evening of IgNobel, which is taking place at Hewlett Packard in Bristol. We filmed with Dan Meyer when we were in the US, who's a sword-swallower extraordinaire. He and some of the other IgNobel alumni are coming to give talks/demonstrations of some of the kind of inventions and discoveries which have made IgNobel headlines recently, including the lady who invented the bra that converts into a gas mask. I'm looking forward to it. Here's the link if you're interested:

http://improbable.com/improbable-research-shows/ig-uk-tour/

We met Magnus Wahlberg in LA, who ALSO has an IgNobel award, gained for his research showing how herring communicate by farting. Amazing man.

Looking forward to the great American schlep. Am hoping to make it out before this country goes truly election crazy, although the Guardian published a website today which may be a good way of diffusing all the pomposity...

www.mydavidcameron.com