Talk the talk

Like the title of her bestseller on mindfulness, Ruby Wax should be Frazzled.

She’s just stepped off an overnight flight from South Africa where she has a holiday home and has barely had time to unpack as family arrive for dinner.

But Ruby, 64, is remarkably chilled as she takes time out to reveal Frazzled Cafes – her charity brainchild – are coming to Scotland.

“We’re in Newcastle now and the plan is to keep going and move it up to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen,” she said. “Frazzled Cafes are for people who are frazzled, we’re not therapists.

“People get together every two weeks, and there’s a facilitator and free coffee and cookies.”

The talk-ins, held in M&S cafes, are free. To attend you sign up in advance through the charity’s website.

They provide a safe, anonymous and non-judgemental environment in which people can share their experiences and know that they are not alone.

There are three in London and others in Brighton, Cambridge, Leeds, Liverpool and Norwich.

But it’s the Glasgow cafe that will be especially close to Ruby’s heart.

The writer, actress and presenter revealed: “I have a really Glaswegian sense of humour.

“Chicago and Glasgow are similar. We get each other. It’s that dark sense of humour. That’s where I feel most at home.”

She recalled her student days: “It was Glasgow before they redecorated it. There