Dom Joly looks back: 'My wife says I've become slightly nicer in my 50s. I'm still very argumentative, but I have relaxed a bit'

The comedian on being terrified of fame, living with self-doubt, and finding a new niche as a travel writer Born in Beirut in 1967, Dom Joly is an author and comedian. He spent his childhood in Lebanon, living with his father, John Joly, who owned Henry Heald & Co, a shipping agency operating in Beirut. After the civil war broke out in 1975, he moved to England, later studying politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and working as a diplopmat in Prague. His hidden camera...