Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, may have had his charms, but he really couldn't be considered hip.

For me, the showbiz memoir is uninteresting - you want to tell people something they don't know about.

I exist as an annexe of the BBC. I'm down the road a bit from the main building, in a little hut.

People used to think I was just a shouty comic but I was doing stuff about Sartre.

Most of the Communists I knew were nice people.

I like the south of Spain, notably for the Moorish influence and the weather.

My name is Alexei Yuri Gagarin Siege of Stalingrad Glorious Five Year Plan Sputnik Tractor Moscow Dynamo Back Four Balowski. Me Dad was a bit of a Communist, know what I mean?