Matt Haig

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2,177 appearances 5 recordings 4 series first heard May 2026 last heard 18 Jun

Matt Haig’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth · More Rosebud - Matt Haig · 26 May 2026 podcast

So between my nan and Mrs. Kurzweil, there's been a lot of fictionalised versions.

Did you have a girlfriend when you were at school?

Well, at the age of 11, I wasn't particularly successful with girls as a teenager.

But at the age of 11, I had a sort of girlfriend with a capital F friend called Ruth for six months.

We called each other boyfriend and girlfriend.

That basically meant we just occasionally held hands at school.

And also we went to see Santa Claus the movie together.

Who's that?

Dudley Moore, I think.

That's a proper relationship.

And you're holding hands for six months and going to Santa Claus the night.

That's a proper date.

Yeah, exactly.

But I remember when we broke up, neither of us were particularly sad about it.

I think I had something like five years of wilderness and then 16 I had a girlfriend for three weeks and I was a terrible boyfriend because I think I broke up with her by letter.

Rather than face to face.

But I like to say that's because she wasn't in when I called.

But I don't know.

I think I knocked on her door and didn't wait around very long.

I had a friend.

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