Ryan Tubridy

Meanwhile, Joan is in Lanzarote enjoying the show.

Good on you.

In the sunshine.

I miss that.

I was in London yesterday.

I stayed in Soho for the first time, actually.

I had a very nice evening in Soho with some pals.

And the next day I went for a nice little breakfast near Soho Square and made my way into a meeting at 12 in the news building there.

just on London Bridge, and then into the book club, which is the office book club.

About 100 people and me on stage with an author.

So we've had some great authors there for that.

And yesterday it was A.A.

Dan, that's D-H-A-N-D, who's the author of The Chemist.

I might have mentioned it before, but he was really interesting.

His parents owned a corner shop, had been subjected to quite a bit of racial discrimination and unpleasantness.

But his dad one day turned around and said to the young lads,

And he brought a can of beer out and he said, the story goes along the lines of, right, lads, now you're roughing me up and you're acting a maggot and you're giving me hell.

So I have a can of beer here.

We either drink this together or I'll take yous all on.

And they got so freaked out by that because, you know, a bully taken on, you know, is a bully quite easily defeated in the end of the day.