Presenter Harm Edens wrote a book about his childhood: 'I always felt like an outsider'

He is known as a writer of comedy series, such as SamSam and Het zonnetje in huis, and as presenter of the satirical TV programme Dit was het nieuws. But during Harm Edens' (59) youth, there was little to laugh at. 'Even though the whole country claps for you, if your parents don't, it's still a loss.'

The 'intelligent lockdown' had only just kicked in last year, or unease was already starting to creep up on Harm Edens. How was it to continue with his lectures on sustainability and the recordings of zi...