Emma Thompson: Live webchat, Wednesday 2 October, 8.15-9.15pm

[RachelMumsnet]

To celebrate the publication of Christmas Tale of Peter Rabbit, Oscar-winning actress, screenwriter and children's author Emma Thompson is joining us for a webchat on Wednesday 2 October at 8.15pm. The book is Emma's second tale about the iconic blue-coated rabbit; The Further Tale of Peter Rabbit marked the first Beatrix Potter tale to be published since 1930.

Join Emma for a webchat on Wednesday eve at 8.15 pm or post a question to her in advance on this thread.

[KatieMumsnet]

We're just getting ready to say farewell to the lovely, lovely Emma Thompson.

Hope you've all enjoyed the webchat - if you want to find out a bit more about The Christmas Tale of Peter Rabbit (and feel very festive to boot), there's a great video here and you can meet Emma and put questions to Emma in person, this Sunday at the Cheltenham Festival.

[EmmaThompson]

In closing, I'd like to say to all of you that women need to tell you stories about themselves. We need new myths. And my favourite cheese is tallejio but I can't eat any because I'm on a diet.

[nobutreally]

Aha, of course, forgot you already had a black rabbit. Humm, Diggory Delvet then. World's best name.

I do hope you realise Emma, that MN is not ever this NICE to our webchat-ers...

[midwifeandmum]

Snap Emma, diets are a curse xx

[MrsCampbellBlack]

This has been wonderful.

[NeverKnowinglyUnderstood]

thanks Emma and thanks MNHQ that is my fave webchat ever

[Wonderstuff]

What a great chat. I now have a huge crush

[MikeLitoris]

I forgot all about this an you answered sort of my question!

[RadioSilence]

And you can have cheese when you come to mine for dinner Emma- it will definitely be a night off the diet.

[jonicomelately]

Brilliant answer. Thank you.

[MmeLindor]

Fantastic webchat, Emma. Thank you so much.

[JugglingFromHereToThere]

Oh, I missed you. Byeeee !

[sittinginthesun]

Wonderful, just wonderful.

[KaseyM]

What a fab webchat! Thanks Emma

[TheNaughtySausage]

I missed this due to putting the delicious snuggly screaming teething baby to bed but thank you Emma for answering two of my questions!

[LovesBeingOnHoliday]

OMG she answered my question, and not only that how inspirational we're her other answers. I think we need more from this amazing woman mn.

emma just invade you come back and read, you have gone up in my mind; I didn't thin it possible but turkey you are an inspiration. Oh and if you have never read tge thread about you scenes in LA please find it and read it, you actually nailed it.

My answer ;
EmmaThompson Wed 02-Oct-13 20:39:18
LovesBeingOnHoliday

Emma I love you. You are fab.

Anywho what advice would you give your younger self?
Don't ever go on a diet. Just don't. Walk away. From the diet. Ignore the books. Ignore the magazines. Make the diet the D word. Diets are the spawn of satan.

[talkingnonsense]

Thank you, that was lovely.

[OverAndAbove]

Ah, brilliant! What a fantastic web chat. And a thoroughly good sport!

[dinkystinky]

What a lovely web chat! Thanks for answering my question Emma.

[bsc]

Aw... no-one asked her what her favourite biscuit was

MNHQ- I hope one of you did!

I'm guessing she had a typist, no?

Failure is one of the most important aspects of our artistic lives. If you can't survive failure you can't be an artist.

Thank you- we spend our lives trying to be successful, but it is our failures that make us who we are.

[lionheart]

A lovely chat and thanks for answering.

Thank goodness you excel when you 'get on with it youself'!

[gazzalw]

She just comes across as so lovely - has she been nominated on the universally loved celebrity thread? She should be!

[Itstartshere]

I love her! There is a rumour that at Cambridge she used to ride down the halls of her college on a motorbike. I can so imagine it being true.