WHY SO SERIOUS? 5 REASONS FOR BRINGING MORE SILLINESS AND JOY INTO YOUR LIFE.

I grew up in a pretty traditional English family – where you didn’t show your emotions too much, or bicker with each other, and you were encouraged to maintain your ‘stiff upper lip’ most of the time.

However, something my family did do really well was ‘silliness’. My mother is a wonderful joke teller – she would have family and friends in stitches around the dinner table and I was always amazed how she remembered so many jokes and never forgot a punchline.

April Fool’s Day was a big event in our household. Classic April Fool’s Day tricks included my father taking the door off our toilet, turning all the furniture upside down, and letting my siblings take me to the dentist for a fake appointment when I was terrified of going to the dentist (actually not so funny really – not your best parenting moment Mum & Dad!)

At school I was renowned for being a little bit silly. My friends and I played stupid pranks like wetting tampons and throwing them up to stick on the ceilings above our teachers' heads and waiting for them to dry and fall down! I even had a Bad Taste 18th birthday party where I dressed up as period (!)… you get the general idea!