The Spectator’s books editor Sam Leith is joined by comedian David Baddiel, to discuss his new book My Family: the Memoir. He talks about childhood trauma and what made him a comedian. He also explains how describing in minute detail his mother’s decades long affair with a slightly crooked golfing memorabilia salesman is an act not of betrayal but a loving recuperation of her memory.

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