As presenter of Radio 4's Today, the nation's most popular news programme, he is famed for his tough interviewing, his deep misgivings about authority in its many forms, and his passionate commitment to a variety of causes. My Child and Other Mistakes is the honest lowdown on Motherhood and all its grisly delights, asking the questions no one wants to admit to asking themselves – do I want a child? Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).

Ellie Taylor has established herself as a trusted and reliable firm favourite on the corporate comedy circuit, whether it’s entertaining after dinner with a stand up comedy performance, or hosting a glitzy awards do. Since starting her comedy career, Ellie has seen female comedians gain a higher profile: though the pressures on them are still very different to those placed on male comedians.Maybe a re-read at a more relevant time in my life would glean a different review, but for now, it's this one.

Her little face when I would come and collect her was a snapshot of anguish as if I’d left her with a pack of hyenas as opposed to some nice ladies with childcare qualifications and exceptional Goosey Goosey Gander skills.

Highly recommend the audible as Ellie really brings all the stories to life with honesty and hilarity. If you come on stage and the audience doesn’t like you it’s because women aren’t funny, whereas if a male comes out and bombs it’s just on him,’ she says.

A book I wish I could have read before having children but which is still relatable, poignant and uplifting now my children are a little older. Ellie Taylor is writing My Child and Other Mistakes, a book that will share her "honest, hilarious and moving" account of becoming a mother. Like watching The Big Bang Theory, it honours the world of physics and physicists/ motherhood and mothering but doesn't mind if you don't want to be one.Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for my advanced copy of this book in exchange for a review. If you are in Australia or New Zealand (DVD Region 4), note that almost all DVDs distributed in the UK by the BBC and 2entertain are encoded for both Region 2 and Region 4. In the last eighteen months, I’ve had a lovely amount of success on the comedy film festival circuit, with a lot of attention from the industry.

My Child and Other Mistakes is a frank and funny account of comedian Ellie Taylor's journey from being a single woman to meeting her now-husband, pondering motherhood, trying to get pregnant, being pregnant, having her baby and then navigating the trials of newborn life and figuring out her new place in the world. Alongside this, she’s also part of the core cast of hit BBC 2 satirical show The Mash Report, with her clips becoming worldwide viral hits, notching up close to 60 million views online and being shared by Madonna. She is apparently a natural in her Mandarin sessions – according to her daily record sheet she has learnt how to say the Chinese for ‘coconut’ and ‘pineapple’ which will really help the next time me and her pop to Beijing to get shitfaced on pina coladas.READERS ARE LOVING MY CHILD AND OTHER MISTAKES ***** 'Should be given out by health visitors to new moms' ***** 'It's like Ellie dove into my brain and wrote about my own personal experience of motherhood' ***** 'The comfort I took knowing I'm not alone has been like therapy! Ashley Park shares a hug with Emily In Paris star Lily Collins as she is 'recovering and resting in Paris'. As a new-ish mother who had a child at the start of lockdown this book has put into words all my thoughts and feelings about deciding to have a child, motherhood and everything in between.