27. Helen Lederer

This week we’re travelling to leafy South London and visiting the glorious home of comedy legend Helen Lederer. Helen is probably best known as a trailblazing stand-up comedian and actress, appearing in such iconic shows as Absolutely Fabulous, Bottom, Girls on Top and Naked Video. But she is also a celebrated novelist and humour writer with her book Losing It nominated for the P. G. Wodehouse Comedy Literary prize. She also founded her own comedy prize CWIP - Comedy Women in Print. We talked to Helen about breasts in 1970s literature, the Four Marys, embarrassing teenage diaries and the power of funny women.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - The SisterhoodNina Stibbe - Reasons To Be CheerfulNina Stibbe - Love NinaHelen Lederer - Losing ItMuriel Spark - The Driver’s SeatMuriel Spark - The Prime of Miss Jean BrodieEM Delafield - Diary of a Provincial LadyLeslie Thomas - Tropic of RuislipHelen Fielding - Bridget Jones’s DiarySusan Jeffers - Feel the Fear and Do It AnywayCharlotte Mendelson - When We Were BadMelissa Broder - The PiscesAnnabelle Gurwitch - I See You Made an EffortNoel Streatfeild - The Circus is ComingArianna Huffington - ThriveLaurie Graham - Life According to LubkaLaurie Graham - Mr StarlightLaurie Graham - Gone With The WindsorsEckhart Tolle - The Power of NowLydia Davis - Can’t and Won’tHelen Lederer - CopingJane Asher - Easy EntertainingEnid Blyton - Malory Towers In the FifthLaurence Olivier - Confessions of an ActorHelen Lederer - Single MindingDC Thomson - The Best of JackieSofie Hagan - Happy Fat Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.