Clockwise from top left, in Alexei Sayle's Stuff series 1 and 2 ... dog-eat-comedian domain of light entertainment, the book business came as a massive contrast. Everybody in publishing is ...

Alexei Sayle’s parents were staunch members of the Communist Party in Liverpool. It was, Alexei now says, like being part of a cult and it informed every aspect of their lives – including trip ...

REVIEWING Stalin Ate My Homework, the first instalment of Alexei Sayle’s autobiography ... It’s difficult finding anyone that Sayle speaks well of in a book that covers his leaving Liverpool for art ...

Alexei Sayle was one of the founders of what has come to be known as 'alternative comedy'. His roots aren't in the traditional theatre but in the pubs and clubs more associated with the world of rock ...