How I've Tried to Change the World - SIGNED EDITION

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SIGNED EDITION Author: Alexei Sayle Memoirs | Politics & government | Humour Published on 3rd September 2026 by Orion Publishing Co (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) in the United Kingdom.Ha rdback | 224 pages 222mm x 138mm | 500g Lifelong socialist and comedy legend Alexei Sayle reflects on his life on the Left through ahistory of key marches over the past seven decades, and asks what we can learn fromprotest and standing up to powerKnown for his distinctly mordant, no-holds-barred approach to comedy, lifelong socialistAlexei Sayle finally opens up about his life on the political Left.Covering key political moments over the past seven decades, Sayle explores - in his owninimitable dark, absurd and surrealist way - what it means to be left and what being leftcan offer the world.Part memoir, part social history, part soapbox, How I've Tried to Change the World is atimely, powerful and hilarious book from one of our most beloved comedians.Alexei Sayle is a comedian, writer, actor and presenter. In 1979 he became the first MCof the original Comedy Store in Soho and went on to be a central figure in the AlternativeComedy movement of the early 1980s. On TV he starred in and wrote for The YoungOnes, Alexei Sayle's Stuff and The Comic Strip Presents. On radio Alexei Sayle'sImaginary Sandwich Bar is now approaching its sixth series. He has written many booksincluding two bestselling volumes of memoir and in 2025 his TikTok videos which fuseinterpretive dance with Marxism went viral and are now approaching thirteen million viewsworldwide. He is also the host of The Alexei Sayle Podcast: @alexeisaylepod Show more