If I’d known THEN what I know NOW…

With the benefit of hindsight, three writers look back on their important milestones – and how things might have turned out very differently…

‘I wish I’d viewed my strange imagination as a gift, not a curse’ Writer and actor Helen Lederer felt like an outsider as a child, yet her gift for comedy was already in evidence… I wish I’d known that being fat, wheezy and the wearer of a hairband aged 10 would turn out to be a plus in my later years. at the time it was a burden – especially when I found myself being nicknamed “waggle bottom” in PE – and this was by my best friend. but looking back, I can see that having the “outsider” complex has helped in my writing… and anyway, who likes thin? ‘being yourself is so important – but finding that self-belief takes practice’ Most comedians will be only too happy to assure you that they’re not…

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Woman & Home (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2019

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