Mark Silcox explains how to be happy
11/08/2018 … Ultra-deadpan comedian Mark Silcox explains the secrets to a happy life in today's clip from Chortle's Fast fringeTo make his point , he uses a five-piece jigsaw…
2018 Archives
Sat 11 August 2018
'I long to lack irony like this'
Demin's Amrou Al-Kadhi picks their Perfect Playlist
11/08/2018 … Jessie J does an air guitar I'm a queer person of colour living in a straight white world, and irony is my armour.
Dave and Gold return to Virgin
UKTV dispute ends after two weeks
11/08/2018 … The Dave and Gold channels – as well as the rest of the UKTV package – are back on Virgin TV after a two-week row was finally resolved.
Fri 10 August 2018
Precious things!
League Of Gentlemen released on vinyl for the first time
10/08/2018 … The original League Of Gentlemen radio and TV series are to be released on vinyl for the first time – and in a particularly classy package.
Street performers are spitting fire
As in angry, not just doing their job...
10/08/2018 … The knives are out in the street performing community – and this time they won’t be juggling with them.
Lucy Pearman: Fruit Loop
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
10/08/2018 … Sometimes you watch a show full of elaborate costumes and low-fi props and wonder whether all that time with the scissors and the sewing kit wouldn’t have…
'I sing my own walk-on music as I can’t remember my iTunes password'
The Big Ask: What track do you come on to and why?
10/08/2018 … I walk on to Rebel Rebel by David Bowie.
Alex Hylton: Everybody's Different And I'm The Same
Edinburgh Fringe review by Paul Fleckney
10/08/2018 … In my capacity as time-keeping referee I herewith brandish a yellow card to Alex Hylton for insufficient stage time.