Talk:Mark Steel

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SWP
I understand he has left...--82.23.50.146 (talk) 22:54, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Is there a source? The article says he left in 2008: this anon contribution is dated Nov 2007. Only source I can find is report by Derek Wall of a Green Left (UK) fringe meeting in Feb 08 and confirmed by another person at the meeting on the Harry's Place comments thread. BobFromBrockley (talk) 10:03, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, I was there as well, and he did say he'd left, and from what I can gather off the internet, he may have left earlier (after his 'disillusionment with SWP' article, but it's unclear. Gordon (talk) 11:57, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I can also confirm that I heard him say he had left. --Charliewbrown (talk) 13:43, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * He also left in late 2007 not 2008. --Charliewbrown (talk) 13:44, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

I have just finished reading his new book "What's Going On?" and in it he discusses leaving the SWP and even refers to making the phone call to his bank to cancel his subs- I am at work and don't have the full reference details with me, but if I get time later will add this. Rednotdead (talk) 12:42, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Cricket course
Match, surely? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.39.139.101 (talk) 05:59, 16 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Definitely course in this instance. The kind of course where you go to practice playing. Nev1 (talk) 00:21, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Wife and kids
As there are conflicting edits, could we get it straight whether Steel is a husband and parent or not? For a more knowledgeable and relaxed Wikipedia- Nemesis646 (talk) 17:37, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I dunno what the truth is and I have no idea why the two anonymous editors believed opposing things.--EchetusXe (talk) 21:31, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * He has at least one child a boy, he said so on the news quiz last year.I forgot how old he is. --sprungl (talk) 12:34, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Dunno if hes married though.--EchetusXe (talk) 13:01, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't know exactly how many but he does have a wife and several children, I saw them having lunch at the Science Museum Cafe.86.21.86.218 (talk) 01:35, 13 September 2009 (UTC)

Respect Renewal
It's been widely reported that Mark Steel left SWP, but is he now a supporter/member of Respect Renewal? Mark Steel's official website links to Respect Renewal, suggesting some kind of support. — Gareth Hughes (talk) 21:39, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah he supports them but I think he realizes they are heading the same way as the SWP.--EchetusXe (talk) 22:48, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Reference to Blair Peach
Just passing by this article, I noticed a reference to the "then contested killing of Blair Peach". The phrasing jarred a bit: it didn't specify who contested it, and in what way. I've removed 'then contested' and left it as a simple statement of fact. - Coldwind487 (talk) 06:42, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

Birth father
Is there any reason the article doesn't mention his father's name, professional gambler Joe Dwek,?Gymnophoria (talk) 16:38, 20 February 2017 (UTC)

My guess is that Mark maybe didn't mention his father's name in his material while his father was still alive, and many of the article references date back to that time. However, Mark discussed his father by name at length on BBC Radio 4, 9 December 2017, so I have just added Dwek's name and some of what Mark said about Dwek. 81.187.1.83 (talk) 22:51, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 10 February 2021
Addition to Acheivements / Early Life In 1966 Mark Steel invented Pickled Onions, which have inexplicably become a staple part of the mythological "Ploughmans Lunch". HAG4R969 (talk) 00:11, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * ❌. Needs a reliable source, see WP:V TwoTwoHello (talk) 00:47, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
 * For other editors' information, this edit request (and the recent spate of vandalism to this article) stems from a thread on Mark Steel's Twitter account concerning Wikipedia's article about him. Turner Street (talk) 14:48, 10 February 2021 (UTC)