Books: The Leopard in My House: One Man’s Adventures in Cancerland

Steel Mark, 2026. The Leopard in My House: One Man’s Adventures in Cancerland. PB: Ebury Press 978-1529941036. 320. 12.99. ![Graphic][1] I first came across Mark Steel when he came to my home town to do his Mark Steel’s in Town Radio 4 show in 2008. I liked his gentle mocking of local foibles and how he doesn’t shy away from pointing out certain absurdities. I heard about his head and neck cancer from a post of his on Twitter/X in the Autumn of 2023. It resonated with me (I also knew someone in the midst of being diagnosed and treated for cancer). As a GP myself, this helped my understanding of both where our health system works well, and where it has its own absurdities. So I was curious to know more when I saw that Mark Steel had written a cancer memoir, The Leopard in My House . I listened … [1]: /embed/inline-graphic-1.gif