Stewart Lee
- 56 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Stewart Lee on Prince Philip
How Prince Philip was turned into a pawn in the phoney culture wars...
Stewart Lee, The Observer, 18th April 2021Stewart Lee releases a Nightingales cover
The comedian has recorded a cover version of the Nightingales 1982 track Use Your Loaf, which will be the B-side of the Birmingham rockers' next single, Ten Bob Each Way.
Chortle, 31st March 2021Leicester Comedy Festival is the tonic we need now
Tom Allen, Al Murray, Zoe Lyons and Ed Byrne are among the comedians taking part.
Becky Jones, Leicester Mercury, 3rd February 2021Stewart Lee: punks, ghosts & why he won't do Zoom gigs
The comedian on his unlikely chart-topping single, and the eureka moment that inspired him to become a stand-up.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 30th January 2021How political protest stormed the pop charts
Ever since Rage Against the Machine made it to the top slot in 2009, there's been a steady drip of political protest campaigns edging into the UK singles chart. Will Pritchard speaks to Stewart Lee and more about whether a No 1 can change the world.
Will Pritchard, The Independent, 19th January 2021Comin' Over Here tops sales and download charts
But Stewart Lee/Asian Dub Foundation track only makes No 65 overall.
Chortle, 1st January 2021Stewart Lee still in race to be Brexit No. 1
A campaign was launched earlier this month (December 12) in a bid to get the song to Number One when the Brexit transition period ends, with 100% of the band's share of sales going to frontline refugee and migrant support groups.
Will Lavin, NME, 30th December 2020Interview: Asian Dub Foundation & Stewart Lee
We caught up with ADF's Steve Chandra Savale to find out more about the track and the campaign for Brexit Number One. (Please note that this interview was conducted before the Christmas Eve announcement of an EU-UK agreement).
Paul Maps, Joyzine, 28th December 2020Stewart Lee on his campaign to get to No 1
Let's show we don't all subscribe to the worst racist rhetoric of Brexit.
Stewart Lee, Chortle, 28th December 2020Campaign to make Stewart Lee song 1st No. 1 of 2021
Music group Asian Dub Foundation have hatched a plan to make their single, Comin' Over Here, featuring a guest appearance from Stewart Lee, the UK's first No.1 single of 2021 - the moment the reality of Brexit might really hit home.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st December 2020