Mr C has just rustled up supper. Think I may now be 65% smoked salmon, 20% blini and 15% Prosecco. Or it could be the other way round. Merry Christmas, everyone. 😊

Watching 'North By Northwest' on BBC2. A firm favourite in this house not least because I adore Cary Grant's impeccable suit wearing and Eva Marie Saint's glorious dress in the auction scene. #BestDressedMovies #ChristmasTradition

Well, that’s a Sunday treat. Woke up to an unusual, muffled quietness and thought “sounds like it’s snowed”. It has. Quite a dollop of it. 😊 #Stratters #Snow #Warks #Winter

For #Fensterfreitag - last winter in #Austria. A photo which contains three of my favourite things - snow, shutters and a wood stack. Hoping there’ll be many more such delights to enjoy this coming January.

Freezing, frosty and fabulous in #Stratters today. I love this proper winter weather - bright blue skies and crunchy textures. #Weather #Winter #Frost

For #Fensterfreitag - All Souls, Langham Place, #London taken a few years ago while I was on a Late Shift at #bbcradio4 next door. The windows were lit for Christmas and the congregation were belting out carols. It was a lovely sound on a chilly winter’s evening. #Church #Christmas #Night

Such sad news about Christine McVie. Remembering being 16 again and wearing out my "Rumours" album I played it so much. Here's her #DesertIslandDiscs from 2017. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b09jby2m