EMOTIONAL TIES Jenny Eclair reveals the little things that tell her story - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity EMOTIONAL TIES Jenny Eclair reveals the little things that tell her story By You Magazine - February 17, 2019 From saying ‘I do’ after 35 years to a crafty way to keep calm, comedian Jenny Eclair reveals the little things that tell her story. Gemma Day Gemma Day When my dad Derek was in the army and stationed in West Berlin, my parents would pop over to East Berlin where they bought this painting. It has hung in every house we’ve ever lived in. When my mother June downsized I bagsied it. It says ‘home’ to me. Gemma Day When my daughter Phoebe, who is now 29, went to Oxford to study English, I cried. I thought the people would be awful but she loved it in the end. She also has an eye for drawing. This piece won the London Sketch Club prize for schools. Gemma Day I found this when I was attempting to ‘Marie Kondo’ [an organising and decluttering expert]. It’s from when I was 15 – and includes a bit of beard that I wore in a school play. I was convinced that I would be famous and have a small museum as everyone would want a piece of me. Gemma Day My glasses are from Cutler and Gross. They’re the first thing I reach for in the morning and the last thing I take off at night – I’m desperately short sighted. About 20 years ago I thought, ‘These are going to have to stay on just so I can see my way to the stage.’ Gemma Day I started painting two or three years ago because I’m very bad tempered and craft activities are the only things that really calm me down. I also love knitting but I have the skills of a nine-year-old. Painting is much more calming – I love a still life. Gemma Day I use a Leuchtturm1917 notebook to order my thoughts and start to rejig the structure when I’m writing a book. I don’t mind which pen I have but I hate Biros – if people offer me one it’s like being given a really bad cup of tea Gemma Day It’s so nice to have a photograph that can instantly take you back to a time and a place. Geof [Powell, a designer], Phoebe and I were in Majorca. She was eight – I can still see that girl in the woman she is now. She’s a writer and hugely talented, I admire her very much. Gemma Day Geof and I married in 2017 after being together for 35 years. It was a tiny wedding – only 30 of us. I was dreading a plain gold band, so when he opened this box I was delighted. It’s very delicate and pretty. It was made by jeweller Alex Monroe who is a friend. Interview by Emily Hill Jenny’s podcast Older and Wider, with Judith Holder, is available on iTunes and Soundcloud; her new book, Listening In: Stories, price £8.99, is out now. To order a copy for £7.19 until 3 March visit mailshop.co.uk/books or call 0844 571 0640; P&P is free on orders over £15. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity TV chef Gino D Acampo on Sardinia Sophia Loren and scary salads May 25, 2017 The Evergreen Goddess Exercise guru Diana Moran on looking fit and July 10, 2017 More more Julianne Moore November 13, 2017 Author Jill Mansell on designer notebooks commissioning art and the family January 16, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES Kelly Hoppen on vodka vintage finds and being a April 4, 2018 ‘ I have no regrets’ Millie Mackintosh on divorce debt and reuniting May 20, 2018 EMOTIONAL TIES TV presenter and tennis player Annabel Croft shares her July 1, 2018 Stella Parton ‘ Dolly and I have always been close’ August 12, 2018 Anna Friel on getting jeered in the street shared parenting with September 23, 2018 Queen of primetime Charlotte Riley on juggling rising stardom with pregnancy October 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved