Philomena Cunk (played by actress and comedian Diane Morgan) is a fictional journalist and thinker who has presented TV shows on everything from time and feminism to Shakespeare and Jesus. She asks the big questions other journalists are afraid to, like ‘How important are the words in Shakespeare’s plays?’ and ‘Why do we cry when it’s the onions getting hurt?’
In this exclusive excerpt from her new “encyclopedia” of everything, the fictional journalist tackles some of the most important issues of our modern age.
