Joking apart, being a comedian isn’t good for my health. But I’m OK with that

In June, comedian Mark Watson tweeted: “Sorry, but if you’ve ever enjoyed anything I’ve done, this would be a great time to tell me.”

Cutting through the social media melee of japes, hate and histrionics was a message that made it clear someone wasn’t in a good place.

An outpouring of support followed, but it was a reminder, as if we still need reminding, that despite success, celebrity and whatever else might seem to be going right to the outside world, the truth can be different.

Here Mark Watson writes about what years of living “on edge” has taught him about life

These days a lot of successful or noteworthy people write memoirs with a fairly similar angle: this is how things used to be for me (not very good), this is how I won my battles in life,