![]() This formidable lady “grew up in poverty” and paid £28 to come to Britain, leaving Lenny’s older brother, Seymour, behind so that she could forge a better life for her family. Henry’s mother, Winifred, is central to the book and cropped up again and again in tonight’s conversation with Romesh Ranganathan at the Southbank Centre. For my part, I thought it would be doing my mum and me a disservice if I wasn’t honest”. “Faber & Faber sat me down and asked me what kind of book I’d like to write – but said they thought people wanted an honest book. He has also just published the first volume of his biography, ‘Who am I, again?’. Unbelievably, Lenny Henry has just turned 61. I feel the same about Lenny Henry: he’s been famous for as long as I can remember and shows like Tiswas and Comic Strip Presents are engrained in our national psyche, as is Comic Relief. ![]() ![]() When I wrote my recent post about Bonnie Langford, I said I felt as though I’d grown up with her. ![]()
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