Who's reading the current affairs posts on an escort?

I really appreciate the scope of what they were trying to do.

This week on Walking the Dog, Ray and I took an East London stroll

with the amazingly talented comedian Stevie Martin and her adorable half-schnauzer, half-poodle piper.

Now, Stevie arrived laden down with gifts for Ray.

There were treats, there was a reindeer cloak, complete with antlers, just FYI.

And I'm not sure if Ray was just struggling a bit with the cold or simply overcome with greed,

but he suddenly launched into an epic reverse sneezing

episode. If you know dogs, you'll obviously be familiar with this, it's usually harmless,

but when it's happening, it can look genuinely terrifying. And Stevie was honestly amazing. She was

Googling what to do and being so calm and reassuring.

So I basically decided after three minutes of knowing her, she was going straight in my phone

under contact in case of emergency. She also felt we should head inside for a bit to warm Ray up

and give him some water, so we kicked off this episode in a nearby cafe.

And within minutes, by the way, Ray was completely back to his old, slightly entitled,

self. As well as being a dog guardian angel, Stevie is also fast becoming one of the biggest

names in comedy at the moment, so I couldn't wait to find out a bit more about her path

into performing. We chatted

about her childhood growing up in Cheshire with her parents and her sister Gina Martin, who you've

also probably heard of. She's the women's rights activist who successfully campaigned to

change the law and make upskirting illegal in the UK. We also talked about Stevie's early experiences of comedy at Durham University,

which is where she met Ed Gamble and Nish Kumar,

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