Miranda unveils some Hartwork
'Donation statues' for Comic Relief
09/02/2015 … Miranda Hart has unveiled a collection of Comic Relief ‘donation statues’ featuring famous comedy icons.
2015 Archives
Mon 09 February 2015
International comedy is harder than Eddie Izzard says
09/02/2015 … An interview with Eddie Izzard in The Guardian last week was a great testimony to his commendable efforts to demonstrate that comedy can cross borders between cultures…
Early feminists in flatshare sitcom
Lucy Porter pens new Radio 4 comedy
09/02/2015 … Lucy Porter is writing an historical feminist sitcom for Radio 4.
Sarah Millican vs the trolls
...and why she will never play arenas
09/02/2015 … Sarah Millican used to count up every single insult that trolls sent her on Twitter.
Heckling encouraged
New comedy shows court the loudmouths
09/02/2015 … Hecklers are usually comedians’ biggest bugbear, with their drunken, unfunny contributions to the evening.
Grammy for Joan Rivers
09/02/2015 … Joan Rivers won her first Grammy award last night – posthumously.
Sun 08 February 2015
The satire defecit
How comics took their eye off the political ball
08/02/2015 … Comedians haven’t kept up with changes in politics, leaving them ill-equipped to satirise modern Parliament.