My Saturday with Richard E. Grant: Finding a pocketful of happiness every day

Married to renowned dialect coach Joan Washington for almost 40 years before her death in 2021, his hilarious and poignant memoir A Pocketful of Happiness looks back on his marriage, parenthood, and Hollywood career and reminds the reader to find a “pocketful of happiness in every day”.

Richard E. Grant. Pic: Pip Seed

From Saltburn to Star Wars, Richard E Grant is one of TV and film’s most well-loved and well-respected actors. 

Moving from Swaziland to London in 1982, he waited tables, toured and fringed before getting his big break in the cult classic Withnail And I.