Topics Free Speech UK. Stewart Lee began stand-up in 1988 at the age of 20, and won the Hackney Empire new act of the year award in 1990.

Moore & Lee reading Mustard. In defence of Stewart Lee. Brendan O'Neill Editor 18th May 2020.

A comedian took the piss out of someone's name. Stewart Lee is to launch his book March Of The Lemmings via an event on a barge; He'll give a reading at Regent's Canal floating bookshop Word On The Water on Sunday 15th September at 2pm; He says: "The badly thought out event is sure to cause no end of problems" Stewart Lee is to launch his new book by staging an event on a barge. Calm down, everyone. Share. In 2001 he co-wrote the libretto for Richard Thomas's Jerry Springer: The Opera, which went on to win four Olivier awards.His most recent live shows have been Carpet Remnant World (2011), Much A Stew About Nothing (2013) and Room With A Stew (2015). Just going through some recent photos and found these shots of Stewart Lee's book launch for his latest collection of writings March of the Lemmings.The launch/reading took place on the deck of Word on the Water, the floating bookshop moored on the Regent's Canal in Granary Square, near London's King's Cross last Sunday 15th September. Explore books by Stewart Lee with our selection at Waterstones.com. I took this photo of Alan Moore and Stewart Lee posing with each other's copy of Mustard at the Dodgem Logic event (part of the London Word Festival) at The Round Chapel in Hackney, May 4th 2011. FIRST-TIME purveyors of the comedy stylings of Stewart Lee would probably have found themselves slightly baffled as ‘The Times’s No.1 stand-up… Stewart Lee has the crowd in the palm of his hand right from the get-go at his Bristol Comedy Garden set on Sunday, July 7, the last performance in this year's series. Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £20.