Yahoo HomeAlexei Sayle
| Born | August 7, 1952 |
| Hometown | Anfield, Liverpool, England |
| Net worth | $6 million |
| Height | 5'10" (1.78m) |
| Spouse | Linda Rawsthorn (m 1974 - present) |
| Parents | Joseph Henry Sayle , Molly Sayle |
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Rising to the Surface by Lenny Henry review – there’s nothing very funny about fame
- In his often moving second memoir, the comedian reflects on his unlikely journey from seaside summer seasons to award-winning elder statesman of TV – and why he feels he failed his mother
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1980s Glastonbury with a country wedding feel: the poetic charms of Laugharne Weekend festival
Among the many reasons Dylan Thomas gave for people moving to the tiny Carmarthenshire estuary town of Laugharne, a few remained obscure. Some residents, he believed, had no idea why they had come at all. He described them as “slowly, dopily, wandering up and down the street like Welsh opium eaters, half asleep in a heavy bewildered haze”.
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Both left and right practise ‘cancel culture’. Both should stop
Both left and right practise ‘cancel culture’. Both should stop. If we fail to defend that right for speech we dislike, we will lose it for the speech we do like
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Stand-up Alexei Sayle on the legacy of pioneering Comedy Store event
The veteran performer also recalled trying to carve out a career in America.
- BusinessEvening Standard
Dr Martens boots aren’t cheap, and nor are the shares in today’s IPO
Comment: it’s a decent business, but should it be valued at a similar multiple of profits as Nike?
- EntertainmentThe Telegraph
Dawn French: 'I’m glad I’m not a young comedian right now'
On a Sunday morning in south Wales, the comedian Dawn French is telling me why she felt compelled to write about motherhood in her new novel, Because of You. ‘A lot has happened in my life since I wrote my last novel [According to Yes] five years ago,’ she says. ‘I wanted to write something deeper, darker and more layered. It had to be about the most important relationship in my life and that is about being a mum, because whoever people think I am, that is the core of me. Motherhood is my greate
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Escaping the hedonism of student life was a godsend when I was at uni. This year’s freshers need support
If the government deemed it safe for them to return, then it should be equally committed to ensuring they receive the emotional help they need
