When I Was A Nurse I Never

I Like To Read My Diary Occasionally To Remind Myself What A Miserable, Alienated Old Sod I Used To Be.

Again, With Two Small Children It's Incredibly Hard To Commit Yourself To Anything Because You're Just Getting Interested In It And Someone Comes Along And Goes I Want Thomas The Tank Engine On, And Screams The Place Down Until You Put It On.

There Are Comics Who Treat Women Fairly Appallingly. But I Can Be Great Friends With Them Because I Don't Tend To Do That Ticking Of Boxes: It Can Make Life Too Simplistic.

I Was Always Being Called Upon To Be An Honorary Boy Alongside My Brothers. I Don't Think I'd Be A Comic Now If It Hadn't Been For That.

I Swam At School A Lot. Long-distance Swimming In Pools, And Diving, Then When We Moved To Hastings When I Was 13 I Used To Swim In The Sea All The Time; I Loved It Out Of Season And When It Was Rough.