Mark steel sylvia pankhurst biography

Not to be confused with Mark Steele.

English comedian (born 1960)

Mark Steel (born 4 July 1960) is an English author, broadcaster, stand-up comedian and newspaper columnist.^[1] He has made many appearances on radio and television shows as a guest panellist, and has written regular columns in The Guardian, The Independent and Daily Mirror.^[2] He presents The Mark Steel Lectures, The Mark Steel Solution, Mark Steel's in Town and the podcastWhat the fuck is going on?^[3]

Early life

Steel was adopted 10 days after he was born.^[4] His adoptive father worked in insurance and his mother was a housewife who supplemented the family's income through factory work and working as a lollipop lady.^[5] He had a close relationship with his adoptive parents.^[6] Steel told The Guardian':^[5]

I knew I was adopted, strangely, before I knew where babies came from.

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