Books

About 3 years ago I walked past a newspaper stand and the lead story in one paper was all about how we were going to fry and in another how we were going to freeze to death unless we tackled climate change.
I remember going, ‘Whoah. Which one is it?’ And stepped aboard a roller coaster research ride of heart-stopping bad news about how much we’re messing up the world. But the strange thing was, the more I found out, the less scared I got and the more I wanted to get fighting for a future. Plus after all that doom, I wanted to have a laugh. As a kid I’d always loved books that asked big questions about the world, but I also loved funny books, with lead characters who never wanted to teach you a thing. Holden Caulfield, Adrian Mole, Huckleberry Finn. Laura Brown would be furious if she knew I’d published her secret diary. I ain’t telling her any time soon

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