Alexei Sayle

I went to my parent's house yesterday. My brother and his wife and my two nephews were there, so that was nice. They went out on a visit, and one of my nephews, Lawrence, who'll be five next month, ran up to me and gave me a big hug as they were saying goodbye, which was really sweet.

Yesterday evening I went out to the Book Festival and saw Alexei Sayle, who was one of the leading lights of the "Alternative Comedy" movement of the 1980s, which brought a political and social conscience to British comedy, and he was really funny.

I was off today so I went out and watched some of the Festival street performers and had a slice of salami pizza form one of the street vendors.