“When I was about six years old I decided to make a teddy bears' picnic in our dining room, so I set up 10 dolls and teddy bears around the table and made them each an apricot jam sandwich. It was only when I sat down that I realized I'd made 10 apricot jam sandwiches for 10 inanimate objects, and that I'd have to eat them all.”

English stand-up comedian and actress

Lolly Adefope is an English stand-up comedian and actress, known for character comedy. She is known for playing Fran in the Hulu comedy series Shrill and Kitty, the ghost of a Georgian noblewoman, in the BBC comedy Ghosts. Her work moves between live comedy and television, with a style centred on sharply drawn characters. She received a National Comedy Award nomination in 2021 for Ghosts.