Caimh McDonnell up for a crimewriting award
Comic turned novelist is up against Richard Osman
04/07/2022 … Comedian turned novelist Caimh McDonnell has been nominated for a crime fiction award.
2022 Archives
Mon 04 July 2022
© Matt Crockett Joe Lycett voices ad for food bank app
'It's s a frankly brilliant idea'
04/07/2022 … Joe Lycett has donated his time to narrate a film explaining a new foodbank charity.
Just The Tonic announces new Edinburgh Fringe venue
Taking over the Charteris Centre on The Pleasance
04/07/2022 … Just The Tonic has announced that it is running a new venue this year.
© zoetnet / Flickr 1,700 sign protest letter to Edinburgh Fringe chiefs
Comedy world angry over festival's cuts – and spiralling accommodation fees
04/07/2022 … Almost 1,700 comedians, producers and agents have signed an open letter complaining to the Edinburgh Fringe Society for not doing enough to make it easier to perform…
Shaparak Khorsandi quits touring to spend more time with her family
04/07/2022 … Shaparak Khorsandi has pulled her autumn tour to spend more time with her family.
Stephen Merchant on American Independence Day
04/07/2022 … As America celebrates Independence Day, Stephen Merchant wonders if the nation might be better if it hadn't won its freedom from the British.
© Stan Kaplan Racism is inherent in comedy - we need to acknowledge that
Says South African satirist Conrad Koch
04/07/2022 … Comedy’s power is its licence to say the unsayable.
The Outlaws, the outtakes
Gaffes from Stephen Merchant’s comedy-drama
04/07/2022 … The BBC has released some outtakes from Stephen Merchant’s comedy-drama The Outlaws.