Did it need to be a book in its own right? I would argue that the answer is yes.

The structure of Misfits – a manifesto emerging from a lecture on carving out space in the creative industries – puts me in mind of A Room of One’s Own. Where Virginia Woolf insisted on monolithic female victimhood, Coel is more complex on identity and clearer on the purpose of personal revelation.

... a small book with big ideas that provides revealing snapshots of a career in television from the vantage point of an outsider.

The vagaries of displacement and erasure evident in her work can be seen here - her immediate low-income environment enmeshed within the financial centre of Britain.

As it’s a speech, nothing is explored with much depth — memorable moments from her adulthood take up fleeting space on the page.