There seems to be something different about Dawn French. She’s smiley and jolly, of course, but you kind of expect that from her as standard. No, this is something else: an extra fizz, a glow about her, which — and this is the only way I can describe it — reminds me of the Ready Brek advert from the 1970s.
This is a bit of a surprise, to be honest. Earlier this year she and Lenny Henry, one of the most stellar couples in showbusiness and a vaguely comforting touchstone for solid marriage, announced that they were divorcing. I didn’t expect her to be clawing at her face or wearing mourning weeds or anything but I did think that she might be sad and —