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I used to do bell ringing in Benenden church. It was really good fun, actually. My best friend's dad...

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I'm a Luddite with computers, and I'm slightly worried about being hacked as well.

So, my style has hopefully changed over the years and it is more relaxed, and I do tend to smile and...

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People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. I...

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With two small children, I haven't had a wash since 2001 so the chance to go shopping is way down th...

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My dad's a very sensitive man, but as the archetypal rebellious teenager, I didn't realise that.

One thing lots of Christians do have in common is that they can't help coming across as smug. This w...

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God, what a depressing day that was and what an irony that Britain’s first female prime minister had...

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Look Back in Hunger

My father was an engineer and my mother was a social worker, and they met as young socialists. That ...

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My mum is bright, ambitious, well read, political and very bolshie: when my dad was conscripted into...

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Anything is good if it's made of chocolate.

The big bad monster wasn't green and hiding under the bed, it wore tasteless floral prints, bright s...

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Having children is fab. They keep me young and make me get up in the morning.

The comedian sticks as religiously to her theme as a dancer sticks to a diet.

When I got married, the Sun ran the headline: 'Here comes the bride, all fat and wide.' Luckily, it ...

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Everything becomes magnified at night. Sounds travel in a different way, it's dark, and everything s...

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Jo Brand

Actress

Born: 1957-07-23

Died: N/A

Josephine Grace Brand (born 23 July 1957) is an English actress, comedian, presenter and writer. Starting her entertainment career with a move from psychiatric nursing to the alternative comedy stand-up scene and early performances on Saturday Live, Channel 4's Jo Brand Through the Cakehole, Getting On and various television appearances including as a regular guest on QI, Have I Got News for You and Would I Lie to You?. She has participated in BBC Radio 4 programmes such as The News Quiz and Just a Minute. Since 2014, she has been the presenter of The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice. Brand was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy in 2003.More