The importance of unimportance

Novels, for me, have come from somewhere I wasn’t looking. In my twenties I was carrying an idea about a woman wandering around Ireland on a quest she didn’t understand and I sat in the Reading Room o

I’m sitting in a cosy French restaurant, the dark wood and dim lighting cocooning me from the storm outside, when from around a corner I hear a well-spoken voice. It’s like something out of a comedy s

Forget boast-worthy experiences; the best things in life are done when no one’s watching – even if we wouldn’t readily admit to them says Lucy Sweet

MY FIRST LONDON HOME

Set up by our very own columnist Helen Lederer, the Comedy Women in Print Awards champion the voices of women who tackle serious and heartfelt subjects with a generous dose of humour. Here, we talk to three of this year’s shortlisted authors...

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