As he launches his new stand-up special, the comedian talks about being sent to boarding school on his eighth birthday, spending lockdown with his ex and their baby - and being posh
at Oxford University, he carved himself out a niche: the posh one who went to Eton. It got him big laughs. He wasn’t exactly in the minority at Oxford, but the student comedy scene, he tells me, was a safe space “to experiment with your privilege on stage” – plus, it fit in among his material about drinking games and the varsity ski trip.
Graham remembers his parents informing him that he was going to boarding school, and “thinking that it was clearly a very difficult decision for them as well”. He laughs, the idea now ridiculous to him. Graham’s first day at boarding school happened to coincide with his eighth birthday. His overwhelming memory is being shown a double bill ofepisodes to “soften the landing”. “I thought, ‘This place is brilliant – two in a row?’” He chuckles. “I was easily swayed.
“Do you know Norwich well?” he asks. I can’t say I do. He tells me excitedly about the staff of the local record shop he befriended a few hours ago. They’re all now coming to his show tonight. “I’m looking forward to it all the more with these prestigious guests from my big morning,” he says, beaming.
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