Matt Haig

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

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

I won't give his real name because he's probably managing Tesco's by now.

Well, I was very young when I stole my first... I was 11.

11.

Let's say 11.

I was 11.

And he was already a shoplifter.

He was one of the few kids who was friendly to me at that time.

So I was his friend.

And we were in a sports shop, a little independent sports shop, which is terrible.

And I think the first thing I ever stole was a tennis ball, which is a ridiculous thing to steal.

Why?

Because he did it and I wanted to prove to him that I was proper, like proper, like not this sort of like posh boy.

I was just like...

I don't know why.

And it was just ridiculous.

No, I didn't.

I felt massive amounts of guilt.

And I imagined ways in which I could give the tennis ball back to the shop.

And I didn't do it again for quite a while after that.

And, yeah, I just...

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