David Baddiel: a discussion about My Family with Devorah Baum

About

Please join us for our annual Parkes lecture-David Baddiel in conversation with Devorah Baum.

David will discuss his bestselling My Family – praised as “a masterpiece” (Sathnam Sanghera), “an extraordinary, hilarious book” (The Observer) and “outrageously funny… profoundly thoughtful” (The Sunday Times), this read-it-to-believe-it memoir explores grief, fame, Jewishness, cats, punctuation, erotic poetry, and his mother’s 20-year affair with a golf memorabilia salesman.

Speaker

David Baddiel is a comedian, author and broadcaster. He has created hit TV shows, documentaries and radio series, co-written the alternative national anthem Three Lions, and published bestselling fiction and non-fiction, including most recently My Family.

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Event information

This event will be held in-person and online.

If you have any questions about this event please contact parkes@soton.ac.uk

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