Join the comedian and novelist for a riotous trip down memory lane, through from drama school, punk poetry, anorexia, bedsit misery, waitressing and not really having a clue about anything, to being the first woman to win the Perrier Award, becoming a mother, author, ‘grumpy old woman’, podcaster and nana. With Siân Pattenden.

Jenny Eclair, has been a stand-up comic for donkeys’ years, she was the first woman to win the coveted Perrier Award at the Edinburgh festival in 1995. Well known for her starring role on BBC1’s Grumpy Old Women, she  co-hosts the podcast Older and Wider, and is the writer of the much-loved BBC Radio 4 Little Lifetimes monologues. Jenny has written seven novels, a collection of short stories and non-fiction books including Older and Wider – A Survivors Guide to the Menopause. 

Siân Pattenden is a journalist, author, illustrator and artist. She has written for The Face, The Guardian, Independent, NME, Select and Smash Hits; and has published six children's books. She also works as an illustrator and an artist, producing artwork for record sleeves and videos for bands, and exhibiting her work worldwide.