Guess who now has dual citizenship? On Tuesday I completed the very long and expensive process of attaining British citizenship, alongside my NZ citizenship. (Nice bonus: My D. V. Bishop novels will now be eligible for the @harrogatefestivals.bsky.social Theakston’s Crime Novel of the Year prize!)

Congratulations! But did they give you a tree? They give you a tree when you become an NZ citizen…🇳🇿

What kind of tree?

Ah, well, now I come to the shameful admission that, instead of planting and nurturing and watering my tree as a symbol of my citizenship, I left it too late and the thing kinda withered in its pot. They’ll probably deport me now…🫣