Jane Gordon-Cumming

Author of romantic comedy 'A Proper Family Christmas' and 'The Haunted Bridge and other spooky stories' set on the Oxford Canal

[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

So proud of my best friends' little boy!

[Alexander Burnett @alex4peneast]

Absolutely delighted to be elected as the first @UKLabour councillor for Penistone East since 1998.

The road to Westminster for Labour runs through villages likes ours in Penistone East.

The hard work starts tomorrow. Tonight I’m having fish and chips and a beer!

[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

What an extraordinary coincidence! I'm literally just writing about my g.g.aunt, Constance Frederica, and one of her paintings turns up on #antiquesroadshow.

[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

@cotswoldlife So sorry to hear this! I love his column.

[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

@BarclaysUK I hope the letter you've just sent me isn't saying I won't be able to make card payments for on-line purchases unless I have a mobile phone??

[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

#spring must be here. I just saw a Red Admiral butterfly! It's sitting sunning itself on our roof. @BBCSpringwatch

[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

@katylittlelady @janjonesauthor And we tend to leave it till the 7th, depending how tatty the tree is looking.

[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

I know it's unlucky to keep one's decorations up after #TwelfthNight, but does that mean taking them down today or tomorrow? I'm afraid we've probably got it wrong in previous years, hence Covid. Sorry, world.

[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

This is an absolute bargain now. Do give it a try!

[Headline Accent @HeadlineAccent]

"I love this book . . . I think I just might read it again." - Amazon reviewer

The hilarious and heartwarming, multi-five-star-reviewed #AProperFamilyChristmas is available here: https://t.co/XjHiQsoOzi
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[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

Bad enough having this new Omicron Variant, without hearing everyone pronouncing it 'ommycron'. Where's a Classicist when you need one?

[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

@richardosman Good. I was so pleased when you said how nice I was looking the other day - and surprised, since it was hairwashing day and I really wasn't. Then remembered those programmes aren't live, so maybe I was at the time of recording.

[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

@cummingsradio @BBCGlos @KatieFforde I'll try not to let it put me off the quiz.

[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

Oh dear, I really couldn't get the Mystery Voice on the @BBCGlos News Quiz, even when I heard it again. Turned out to be my sister! @cummingsradio @KatieFforde

[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

I so resent this modern assumption that 'everyone' has a mobile phone. Just been through hoops on https://t.co/AUgfU50IpC to send for Covid tests, only to be told I can't proceed any further without one. This is the same NHS who warn us of the perils of mobile phone addiction!

[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

@KatieFforde @TVsPointless But two of the thousands of London stations! Perhaps they lived in Wimbledon as well.

[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

What an extraordinary coincidence! Of all the 300 odd pointless answers the contestants might have picked, two of the ones they chose were the same as mine. @TVsPointless @KatieFforde

[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

https://t.co/Tumqr4itEy Father Badger and cubs having a cuddle. Don't you long to tickle that tummy? @BBCSpringwatch

[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

Our first fox cubs of 2021 racing round the garden last night. (We were as excited as they are).
https://t.co/Jmd7Ce80Fx...
They were being guarded by their auntie or grandmother. This is what happened when a badger turned up:
https://t.co/RecyyoSD98...

[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

@ABFixby @KatieFforde Yes, Sandown. I'd forgotten it was @KatieFforde's birthday though. A really enjoyable day out.

[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

@PhillipaAshley @BBCSpringwatch Tell me about it! I've been filling the worst of the holes with soil so I don't break my ankle walking round. But we've decided we prefer badgers to lawn.

[Jane Gordon-Cumming @OxfordWriter]

Such a funny sight! This roe deer came into our garden from next door, accompanied and firmly seen off the premises by two badgers. Mostly on the all-night camera we can't copy, sadly, but one of the trap cameras caught the last bit:
https://t.co/BUrOr8hy1O

@BBCSpringwatch