Mrs. Fry's Diary (23 page)

I stared at the guard. Then I noticed something over his shoulder. A flash of red binding and a tantalizing ribbon-marker.

'Excuse me,' I said, pushing past him, brandishing my book token.

So that's that. Another year over. And another to come. Who knows what it will hold?

Whatever it is, at least I've now got my new diary to write it all down in.

But first I think I'll have a nice cup of tea.

Acknowledgements

Oh, hello dears. Are you still here? Well, if you are, here are a few people I'd like to 'thank' for assisting in the publication of my diary and thereby potentially destroying my marriage.

Firstly, Mrs Biggins, Mrs Norton and Mrs Winton, who were all extremely enthusiastic proof-readers, even breaking into my bedside cabinet in order to carry out the task, as I recall.

Secondly, Olivia Guest and Ann Evans of Jonathan Clowes Ltd, who 'persuaded' me that publishing my diary would be - and I quote - 'a good thing.'

And thirdly, the seemingly lovely, 'butter wouldn't melt' Suzie Doore, now an editorial director at Hodder & Stoughton. And we all know how she got that promotion, don't we, Stephen?

Finally, I would also like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to all of my lovely, silly Twitter friends. You'll find many of them listed on my Twitter page but here, in hypothetical order, are a few of the loveliest and silliest:

@AlanCBoyle, @ashxyz, @Bluesky107,

@caitlinmoran, @CharlotteSykes1,

@DaveGorman, @davidschneider,

@DawgBelly, @DawnCoxwell, @gavin_bonnar,

@izzywizzy80, @jonholmes1, @justVero,

@karencleary, @laurashav, @MorganRitchie,

@ourmissingcat, @Raymondstar, @RedDandy, @RussBass, @Sharon_Corr, @toniwilliamsz,

@TweetingTimesEd, @veraclaythorne and

@wendyfarrowart.

Well, thank goodness that's all over. Now, where's that teapot?

About the author:

Edna is the devoted wife of Stephen Fry

and the mother of his various children.