Birmingham City University: Sir Lenny Henry appointed as Chancellor of Birmingham City University". www.bcu.ac.uk . Retrieved 13 December 2017. Lenny Henry receives Doctorate from Royal Holloway". Royal Holloway, University of London. 13 July 2018 . Retrieved 25 May 2019. Lenny Henry: 'I wish somebody had taught me how to defend myself' ". The Guardian. 21 October 2019 . Retrieved 8 December 2020.

Guardian Staff (7 December 2003). "The 50 funniest people in Britain (part one)". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 December 2020. The production was scheduled to transfer to the West End of London from 11 September to 12 December 2009, to be performed at the Trafalgar Studios in Whitehall. [62] Perfect for fans of fast-paced adventures, The Book of Legends, from comedian Lenny Henry is a laugh-out-loud magical story for 8 -12 year olds, read by the author. Craig, David (9 August 2022). "Meet the cast of The Sandman, Netflix's epic from Neil Gaiman". Radio Times.Lenworth George Henry was born at Burton Road Hospital [7] in Dudley, on 29 August 1958, and named after the doctor who delivered him [8] to Winston Jervis Henry (1910–1978) and Winifred Louise Henry (1922–1998), who had emigrated to Britain from Jamaica. The fifth of seven children, Henry was the first child of the family to be born in the United Kingdom. [9] When Henry was ten years old, he began spending time with the man who was later revealed to be his biological father, Albert Augustus "Bertie" Green (1927–2004), another Jamaican immigrant with whom his mother had a brief relationship when she first arrived in England from their native Jamaica. [10] Tennille Rolingson, Jericho Prize [A] celebration of the vitality of storytelling, The Book of Legends made me laugh, made me teary, left me happy and hopeful. Midgley, Carol (6 June 2015). "Lenny Henry on racism and regret". The Times . Retrieved 24 September 2018.

I promise you that I will keep my blog and the information here up to date and you will know everything that I'm doing. There will be photographs, joy, clips and all manner of plugs (shameless) for everything that I'm doing. Bran and Fran just love living with their mum, everyday is different as she Loves telling them daily stories., especially as she is the storyteller at the Once Upon a Wow bookstore in their small Midlands town. Comedian Dawn French marries for second time". BBC Online. 22 April 2013 . Retrieved 22 April 2013. Rising To The Surface' is out now! Lenny's second memoir 'Rising To The Surface' is out now! Please see below some of the great interviews he has done recently about the memoir. BBC Radio 4, Loose Ends Lenny was interviewed by Clive Anderson on this weekend's episode of BBC Radio 4, Loose Ends. He was … Casting confirmed for BBC One's adaptation of award-winning novel My Name Is Leon". bbc.co.uk/mediacentre . Retrieved 17 March 2021.

Brown, Mark (10 February 2008). "A new Moor for West Yorkshire". The Guardian. London, England . Retrieved 10 February 2008.

Coast To Coast details". guerilla films. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013 . Retrieved 11 March 2013. Stephen Fry and Sir Lenny Henry CBE to appear in the twelfth series of Doctor Who". BBC Media Centre. 20 November 2019. The Book of Legends is a much-needed book about friendship, family and imagination. It truly is an effortlessly witty delight that transports readers to a different world. Lanre Bakare (21 October 2019). "Lenny Henry: 'I wish somebody had taught me how to defend myself' ". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 23 July 2020.a b "Henry, Sir Lenworth George, (Sir Lenny), (born 29 Aug. 1958), stand-up comedian, since 1975; actor". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi: 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U19866. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4 . Retrieved 29 August 2021. Frost, Peter (2 April 2018). "Billy Strachan – just 'another bloody immigrant' ". The Morning Star . Retrieved 11 May 2021. Set partly in England this story features murder fairies, a very funny zebracorn called Zachary and viking warriors and has very important messages contained.

Quests are no joke (but there are lots of jokes in this book) and this is the quest of a lifetime . . . Nikkhah, Roya (10 April 2011). "Lenny Henry pens his first play". The Telegraph. UK. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 6 June 2021.Billington, Michael (10 September 2014). "Rudy's Rare Records review – Lenny Henry's reggae romp has the audience roaring". The Guardian. In 1987, he appeared in a TV film, Coast to Coast. It was a comedy thriller with John Shea about two DJs with a shared passion for Motown music being chased across Britain. The film has a strong following, but contractual problems [26] have prevented it from being distributed on video or DVD. Lenny Henry meets Legends of Comedy in new Channel 4 series". channel4.com/press/mediacentre . Retrieved 18 May 2023. Sir Lenworth George Henry CBE (born 29 August 1958) [3] is a British actor, comedian, singer, television presenter and writer. Prior to the 1987 general election, Henry lent his support to Red Wedge by participating in a comedy tour organised by the campaign. [25]