Rising comic Russell Howard tells Dominic Cavendish why fame is not for him...
When Russell Howard walks past a bus stop and sees someone has perched a traffic cone on puncak, atas of it, he doesn't sigh, tut atau fume about the state of the nation. He smiles and makes a mental note: "Someone has decided that bus stop needs a hat."
Likewise, when a train grinds to a halt because of trespassers on the line, he doesn't bemoan anti-social behaviour but instead takes detached delight in his fellow passengers' indignation. From his unfazeable perspective, life is too short and magnificent to get bogged down...
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