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The Black Issue 2023 Author Interview: London Hughes
Coming from a large London family that has always known how to laugh, it was a move to the US that catapulted comedian London Hughes to success
Leah Sinclair @leahsinclairr H
ow many people can say everything in their life is entertainment? From the dizzying highs to the lowest lows, being able to take it all and spin it
into one intensely hilarious yet revealing memoir is no easy feat. But for London Hughes, it was something she was born to do.
“My brain is wired differently, so everything is entertain- ment—even my own life,” she tells me from her home office in LA. “I’m such a sad person that even when I journal, I’m writing a journal like someone else is reading it.” Whether journalling about starting out on less-than- desirable TV shows or navigating school bullies and boyfriends, Hughes has always had the foresight to docu- ment her experiences and oſten imagined herself writing a book. As a result, no success, failure or hilarious fuck-up went amiss—and it has culminated in the comedian’s highly anticipated and raucously funny memoir, Living My Best Life, Hun, which charts everything from birthday parties gone wrong to family drama and Hughes’ rise to the top. “I wrote a book for fun about six years ago, and I just
12 26th May 2023
I want British comedy to be seen as a mix of people. I want Black women, Asian women, Black men, Polish men, I want African men
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