Russell Kane: “Today’s the Day I Change My Life”

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May 15, 202601:08:01News & Politics

He is one of Britain’s most high-energy comics, but Russell Kane’s story begins far from the world he now inhabits: on a council estate, in a home shaped by discipline, class tension and a rigid idea of masculinity. What...

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