Mummy Porn
For most married couples, being ‘creative in bed’ simply means taking up knitting whilst watching Lateline. There comes a time in every marriage when a slow drip sexual ennui sets.. read moreThe post...
View ArticleMusings on International Women’s Day
It’s fitting to be in Adelaide on International Women’s Day, as South Australia was the first place in the world to give women the vote. And yet, 128 years later,.. read moreThe post Musings on...
View ArticleThe Boy Who Fell to Earth – a romantic comedy with a pinch of social satire...
The paperback of my latest novel The Boy Who Fell to Earth is out today and I’ve been thinking a lot about the best way to describe it. It’s basically.. read moreThe post The Boy Who Fell to Earth – a...
View ArticleThe Boy Who Fell to Earth – shining a light into the world of autism
As well as being a comedy romance, I do hope The Boy Who Fell to Earth shines a light into the world of autism and helps us all to be.. read moreThe post The Boy Who Fell to Earth – shining a light...
View ArticleYOUR comments on The Boy Who Fell to Earth
So many of you have been sharing thoughtful & heartfelt comments with Kathy on Facebook and Twitter about The Boy Who Fell to Earth and your own experiences of living.. read moreThe post YOUR...
View ArticleGet Reading in Trafalgar Square with Kathy Lette, Hugh Grant and Rupert Everett!
Tomorrow I’m joining Hugh Grant, Rupert Everett, Anne Fine, Anthony Horowitz, Tom Stoppard, plus the cast of “Matilda”, “Wicked”, “War Horse” and loads of other fascinatingly clever and creative...
View ArticleA Watched Womb Never Boils – Top Tips for Kate Middleton
As I write this, a pregnant pause has descended on the world as we await news of the royal baby. This morning I cycled past St Mary’s hospital where Kate.. read moreThe post A Watched Womb Never Boils...
View ArticleNanny State
Traditionally, the wife of a monarch breaks the news of impending fatherhood with the words, “Darling, we’re going to have a nanny!” For centuries, the upper class have preferred canines to.. read...
View ArticleBarry Humphries and Me
Isn’t it time we just put Dame Edna on a plinth so we can just worship her permanently? Wore my Edna specs and Aussie flag dress to premiere. (See picccie.).. read moreThe post Barry Humphries and Me...
View ArticleCourting Trouble: Why the way we try rape cases should really be on trial…
My new novel, Courting Trouble, is just out. I thought you might be interested in what inspired me to set a new series of novels in a law firm. Even.. read moreThe post Courting Trouble: Why the way we...
View ArticleNeuordiversity
When my autistic son was nine he came home with a sign sticky-taped to his back saying “Kick me I’m a retard.” Tearing up, he stammered, “The kids call me.. read more The post Neuordiversity appeared...
View ArticleThinking Outside the Neurotypical Box
Earlier this week I posted a piece about my son Julius’ autistic journey from being badly bullied at school to winning a main part in BBC’s medical drama Holby City... read more The post Thinking...
View ArticleHiring more autistic people in banking makes cents
Yesterday my son Jules, who’s autistic, opened the London stock exchange. (Now there’s a sentence I never thought I’d write!) He was joining forces with an organisation called Purple @wearepurpleorg.....
View ArticleGirls’ Night Out Tour Dates
GIRLS NIGHT OUT is a psychological strip tease taking us from Puberty Blues to Menopause Blues, with tales of love, lust, men, marriage, pregnancy, childbirth, mastitis, sexist bosses,...
View ArticleAn interview with Kathy Lette about her new novel, Best Laid Plans
Jules and I were so delighted to be asked onto Loose Women to talk about the inspiration behind my new novel Best Laid Plans. It tells the story of an.. read more The post An interview with Kathy Lette...
View ArticleSpring 2018: Girls’ Night Out New Tour Dates
New dates have been released in Spring 2018, for Girls’ Night Out: Upcoming Shows Mar 2018 Tour Venue Website Wed 21/03/2018 Kathy Lette’s Girls Night Out Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke.. read more...
View ArticleUnconditional love?
Well, there are a couple of conditions, actually. Here is my little tribute to Mums everywhere, especially to my Aussie and American pals as you celebrate Mother’s Day. MOTHER’S DAY... read more The...
View ArticleSinging the Menstruation Blues…
Periods have always been a shameful secret. Tampon and panty liner ads are euphemistic, coy and confusing. I mean what are those mysterious blue ink excretions and why are all.. read more The post...
View ArticleAre YOU an Over-Anxious Parent?
A) Yes. B) Yes. Are you sitting comfortably? Pen poised? …Then please answer these simple questions. 1) What is a ‘fronted adverbial”? 2) Define a ‘gerund’? 3) Calculate the kinetic.. read more The...
View ArticleFake News
I have fake news. Honestly. Not a Trump ‘alternative truth” but real, scientific evidence from two English Universities which reveals that 80% of women have faked pleasure to please a.. read more The...
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