National Heros

Led by Donkeys show their faces at last: ‘No one knew it was us’

The Birdcage pub in Stoke Newington, north London, seems an unlikely birthplace for a rebellion.

“This was 10 weeks after we’d put up our first poster, and I remember looking up and thinking, that helicopter is the BBC and that other helicopter is Led By Donkeys. How the hell has that happened since we went down the Birdcage and had a pint?”

They should feel proud of what they have done.