It was something witchy, he thinks sometimes, the fact that he got this rare job he’d focused on since he was a little kid. It’s a party that has grown to encompass a jolly podcast with Angela Hartnett, and Celebrity Gogglebox, in which he curls up on the sofa in a tracksuit with his niece, Liv, and chats shit about the telly while eating crisps (“You can’t put a rabbi in a hot-tub,” “Do you know what gets rid of ghosts?

And skating over this life of light relief, he realised he’d asked plenty of questions of other people, but hardly a single one of himself. But I realised it was a process – those nights out were helping me feel part of something, and making me feel accepting of gay me. Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.Something in me wanted to dip my toe back into non-fiction though, and this seemed like a good place to start. He also describes the feeling when listening figures dropped: “My Terrible Personality Is Ruining Great Britain,” and his gorgeous relationship with his family, and their nonsense, and their support, and their skill at having a laugh. Because, yes, this is a man who first became famous in the early 2000s for being papped falling out of parties with friends like Harry Styles and Kate Moss, a man who would present his breakfast show after staying out all night, his hangover kicking in as most people were settling down to work. It’s a protein-diet thing (“bit rank”) and, at 38, one of the changes he’s recently made to his previously boozy, schmoozy life.

These are his very best tales and learnings about himself from things gone right and wrong, with all the high and lows, that will make listeners laugh, cry and feel completely nostalgic. When I’m sitting here, and I’m not on the radio, I’m learning how not to be anxious, how to feel content. The problem with writing a memoir, found Nick Grimshaw as he started his, was that it meant facing himself.This may result in small marks to the dustjacket and title page, please also bear in mind that each signature will be a little different from the one we show here. It isn’t chronological like a traditional memoir, starting at birth and ending with death – I’m still (at the point of writing) very much alive – but snapshots of the formative moments of my life up to now, with coming-of-age tales that capture a moment or a feeling.

Things that are too London for the Grimshaws include, but are not limited to, yoga, oat milk, therapy and drinking a glass of water.About the Author: Radio and TV broadcaster, Nick Grimshaw, began his career on T4 and went on to join BBC Radio 1, working his way up to present the coveted breakfast show in 2012. View image in fullscreen ‘It was a limitless time, as if anything could happen’: Nick Grimshaw wears green wool suit by Giuliva Heritage at matchesfashion.