Save Log in , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size Bestselling author, 21st-century agony aunt and podcaster Dolly Alderton has made a career from oversharing her private life.
She’s flawed, she’s funny, she swears and sometimes stays out late and drinks too much. No wonder she’s many Millennial women’s fantasy best friend. After writing about her dating exploits in the 2010s, the British journalist quickly established herself as a doyen of confessional writing, her wit and unflinching truthfulness earning her an almost rock-star like fandom.
When she appears on my screen over Zoom, she’s exactly as you’d expect: a bit flustered (it’s morning in the UK) but immediately funny, self-deprecating and chatty. “I’m really tired,” she explains, apologising for being late. “I’ve had one of those weeks when it’s like, all of work and all of life has happened simultaneously and .
.. I find it really hard to do them at the same time.
” Alderton is making her first visit to Australia in November for a series of live shows, which quickly sold out. We are, she says, her biggest readership outside of England. And Australian fans are among her favourites.
“Me and [writer] Caroline O’Donoghue both have really solid readerships in Australia, and she and I always say the same thing about our Australian fa.