The Amish tradition of ‘rumspringa’ gives teenagers time away from their families so they can explore worldly pleasures before knuckling down to life. Sound appealing?
Ed Gamble is already an award-winning comedian, chart-topping podcast and radio host and author, but he might have just added a surprising new accolade to this collection: the saviour of marriage.
Fellow standup Rhys James recently appeared on Off Menu, the podcast Gamble presents with James Acaster, where guests detail their dream meal. For his starter, Rhys James said he wanted buffalo wings and nachos from a former culinary hotspot called Billy’s in the Hertfordshire town of Harpenden, where his dad used to take him during the year he and James’s mum were separated. That James’s parents had split up for only 12 months obviously provoked further questions and comment, during which Gamble had his moment of genius.

