Mark Steel has well and truly made it: his name was recently the answer to a question on University Challenge.
But it is as a stand-up comedian that Mark first made his name, and this spring he is touring with his new show, Vive La Revolution, stopping off at Llangollen, Bangor, Aberystwyth and Cardiff. Capitalising on the success of his book of the same name, it mixes trenchant humour with tales of The Terror, tumbrils and turmoil during the French Revolution.
"Last summer at the Glastonbury Festival, Tony Benn was due to give a talk in a tent holding 4,000 people. When I went along, I couldn't get in!
"Benn is the very opposite of Tony Blair - no spin,, just principles. He had this tremendous opening line: 'I've given up protesting. Now I'm going to start demanding!' The place went absolutely mad. Coldplay didn't get such a rapturous reception - and the great thing was, the average age must have been about 20."
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