Meeting with Australian journalist & author Lynne O'Donnell discussing her time in War Zones & High Tea in Mosul. http://tinyurl.com/7qwvu6z

Smoking Romeo y Julieta cuban cigar on very spot Winston Churchill smoked his. Launch of The Yacht's Cigar Club. http://tinyurl.com/8ycsyaq

David Fairman's 65th Birthday Party was a stunning affair at The Chelsea Arts Club. Old friends, wine & canapes. http://tinyurl.com/85vremb

First Pimms Cocktail of season, with amazing actress @KarinaCornell, in the sunny beer garden of @crowngreyhound pub, Dulwich @Pimms_oClock!

Early evening walk down the Regents canal through Hackney Marshes with Rita Abreu sharing ideas about creativity! http://tinyurl.com/cgulhuo

Late afternoon nibbles & drinks Al-Fresco in courtyard of the Italian Restaurant Amici. Amazing Aperol spritzers http://tinyurl.com/cryucbp

The @Kennington Village Fete was surprisingly good. Sublime opera performances &made to dress as District Judge thanks to Nichola Hartwell!

Stunning summer walk through Regents Park, rounded off with Rag Time at Open Air Theatre perfect date http://tinyurl.com/bleyawt #OATragtime

Perfect London date for a foreigner, should always start with champagne lunch, on beautifully sunny Primrose Hill for the best skyline views

More rehearsals for closing ceremonies for the @London2012 Olympics. The opening will be the biggest spectacle the closing the biggest party

The first interviews for Making of DVD for our feature film Vigilia. Director Amanda Baker & I discussing first stages of the film process!

Looking forward to see what Andy Francis of E-style comes up with for redesign of my websites - great company & creative ideas @estyle_Andy

Meetings on the stern of The Yacht, in the open air with Wifi & virgin cocktails, make office based work far more pleasant than being inside

Enlightening meeting with Joe Twyman, pollster @YouGov, discussing research into attitudes to Rape & Justice, in regards to our film Vigilia

As many know my amazing mother, Betty Toy suffers with Alzheimer's. Please share this for Dementia Awareness Week http://tinyurl.com/6d2waf3

In 1 year, 2 Apple Laptops stolen, 2 Apple Computers hard drives fail & 1 Powerbook just refuses to boot, time to go back to PCs @MacRumours

Impress Lithuanian sociologist Kristina Vesetsita by quick trip to @Oxo_Tower, some of best views & cocktails (mines a Press Gang) in London

Having been on set of Tim Burton's film "Dark Shadows" on backlot @PinewoodStudios. Nice to see it on big screen. http://tinyurl.com/6lzabhv

Great to see Sarah Soetaert back as Roxy Hart in Musical @ChicagoLondon - made my 40th Birthday by singing to me Marilyn Monroe + JFK style!

For those of you who didn't catch my letter in the Evening Standard on Mayoral results day, you can find it here. http://tinyurl.com/7gff3dh

Rebecca Taffs @KettnersLondon shows manager, Caroline (who nearly lost our custom), how to treat patrons who'd been using venue for 15 years

My dear friend & bon vivant, Carole Stone, bids her friends & club members a fond farewell as she leaves for pastures new. An amazing woman.

Director Amanda Baker, putting her mark on our feature film Vigilia (written by @RhiPratchett) by inserting @BBCNewsnight scene with Paxman

Yet more good news for film industry now the grown-ups are back in power & the @BFI have been given back control. http://tinyurl.com/cs457dh

2nd rehearsal for role in Closing Ceremonies for @London2012 Olympic Games. Very happy to learn I get to wear hat - that was a deal breaker!

Superb exhibition @TateBritain, Picasso & Modern British Art. A composite of my 17 years of London Gallery visits. Moore, Bacon, Hockney etc

Thanks to the amazing @SamandMEblog for reminding that it's M.E. awareness week, a disease I've had over 20 years http://tinyurl.com/bropbx4

Lunch with the delectable Sarah Lloyd-Hughes at Pancras Grand. Cannot wait to do public speaking course with her http://tinyurl.com/bv987hj

1st rehearsal for my role in the Closing Ceremonies for @London2012 Olympic Games last night. Amazing team of people to work with & such fun

18. Travel back to Wales, with hugely impressed son, after impromptu, surprise day out in Dublin. Return to London to collapse - The End!

17. Get back to Wexford to discover everything booked. Find nice concierge @WhitesofWexford Hotel - to sort out stay in sister hotel nearby

16. Complete day with trip to Wax Museum @waxplus learn about Irish Uprising, Irish writers & use recording equipment used by Paolo Nutini.

15. 17:55 need to get to an Exhibit for 6pm (15 min walks away) Son Charles gets CityTour Driver whose finished his shift to taxi us there.

14. Visit @stpatrickscath edral & Walk down the river Liffey to crossover Ha'penny Bridge & past Jameson Whisky Distillery for photographs.

13. Visit @NMIreland National Museum of Ireland's Natural History & Archaeology. Son impresses knowing "Irish People call this the Dead Zoo"

12. Visit The @ScienceGallery at Trinity College & discover if you're really happy, via a series of experiments, set in a pop-up laboratory.

11. Take in the amazing stained glass windows of @BewleysIreland Cafe on Grafton Street & impress son by singing Bob Geldof's hit Rat-Trap!

10. Have amazing Green Cod & Duck Fat Chips with Virgin Cocktails at newly opened restaurant @BITEdublin with Irish Friends Rachel & David.

9. Photo taken with Molly Malone & visit Trinity College Dublin @tcddublin, persuade 12 year old son, this is something he should aspire to

8. Take a break on O'Connell Street with an amazing Hot Chocolate from Cafe Carlo, though you might have to wait http://tinyurl.com/bqc8lpv

7. Take in @GuinnessIreland, @DublinZoo, @Dubliniaviking, @IMMAIreland & Kilmainham Gaol, on Dublin City Bus Tour http://tinyurl.com/6j4tuos

6. Start day with Irish Breakfast before finding open-top bus tour of Dublin with CitySightSeeing to get bearings http://tinyurl.com/bs868w9

5. Arrive in Dublin, walk to B&B's one perfect room available in @HotelOSheas. Order son perfect pint of Guinness & listen to Irish music.

4. Get to Wexford, 2 minutes to spare for bus to Dublin, still no Euros. Another lovely driver even stops at shop for us enroute @Wexfordbus

3.Arrive at Rosslare dock 5 minutes to spare to catch bus to Wexford but no Euros. Find great bus driver who takes sterling @buseireanndeals

2. Drive to Pembroke, with no knowledge of boat times, to arrive just in time to catch the only ferry of the day @Irish_Ferries to Rosslare.

Steps to take 12 year old child to @VisitDublin for a day. 1: Take Charles Atherton-Laurie to ensure perfect weather regardless of forecasts

Atherton(-Laurie) boys, took Ireland by storm & are on tiumphant return to Pembroke, aboard ferry Isle of Inishmore - full details to follow

Making my first ever trip to Ireland with son, Charles Atherton-Laurie. On Ferry to Rosslare. Beautiful day,calm sea. Any tips when we land?

Pleased @BorisJohnson scraped through to remain The Mayor of London (albeit far to close), city won't be in financial melt down on my return

If you're in London, pick up a copy of Evening Standard & check out my letter on pg. 55 "The Barriers to Adoption" http://tinyurl.com/bajlx5

Film, The Avengers Assemble, a nicely made Hollywood romp from favorite director, Joss Whedon, no Serenity though http://tinyurl.com/6optjde

MD, Barry Basset at camera hire company @VMItv epitomises all that's great in film industry - true collaborator http://tinyurl.com/7fmusr5

Writer @RhiPratchett based the vigilante group in our feature film Vigilia on actual Indian Gulabi Gang. Inspired http://tinyurl.com/2dqt7rh

With the voting for #LondonMayor due to start tomorrow. Have the bookies got it right for @BorisJohnson to win it http://tinyurl.com/6vjg6rt

Hoping big brother, Richard Toy, had amazing Birthday yesterday, wherever he was? It's the big one next year I think - unless he's hidden:)