Do video games foster violence?
09/08/2019 … Tweets of the week If you think video games are making kids violent you wait until you take them away from them — ChrisPianity (@ChrisPurchase) August…
Fri 09 August 2019
Chris McGlade: Forgiveness
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
09/08/2019 … There is plenty of food for thought in Chris McGlade’s heartfelt and often intense show about his murdered father.
How do you think the human race will end?
Another of Richard Herring's Emergency Questions
09/08/2019 … A diamond encrusted meteorite.
Cariad Lloyd writes a book about grief
You Are Not Alone sparks a bidding war between publishers
09/08/2019 … Cariad Lloyd is writing a book about grief, following her successful podcast on the topic.
Adam Riches: The Beakington Town Hall Murders
Edinburgh Fringe review by Steve Bennett
09/08/2019 … The Beakington Town Hall Murders is probably the most ambitious show yet devised by Adam Riches: a murder-mystery packed with preposterous set-pieces in which the…
The night I performed in a pink tutu and wings
Jay Lafferty recalls her most memorable gigs
09/08/2019 … Most unusual location Someone somewhere in Glasgow City Council hit upon the novel idea of having a comedy gig on Glasgow’s famous circular underground…
Meet the BBC's new comedy stars for 2019
Finalists of Radio 4 competition announced
09/08/2019 … The finalists in this year’s BBC new comedy award been announced.
I, Tom Mayhew
Edinburgh Fringe review by Jack Boyles
09/08/2019 … As you may or may not know, I’m writing these very words because I won a Chortle bursary to help working-class critical voices become better represented in…