How newspapers used 'political correctness' to rubbish alternative comedy
05/05/2019 … Much of the newspaper coverage of alternative comedy in the 1980s and 1990s saw it as an ‘unwelcome revolution’ tied in with humourless political correctness,…
That's Tony Hawks the comedian, not Tony Hawk the skateboarder
05/05/2019 … Comedian Tony Hawks has a new book cashing in on the fact he’s always being confused for American skateboarder Tony Hawk.
The best of the week's live comedy
05/05/2019 … The week's best live comedy.
The best of the week's comedy on TV and radio
05/05/2019 … The comedy week ahead on TV and radio Sunday May 5 RUBY WAX: FRAZZLED: In this week’s half-hour Radio 4 comedy, Ruby Wax returns to talk about mental…
...but she's 'sacked' controversial Barry Humphries
05/05/2019 … More than six years after announcing her retirement Dame Edna Everage has announced a new tour of Australia in September and October.
04/05/2019 … The week’s comedy on demand.
It's a strategy likely to fail, one academic argues
04/05/2019 … Avant-garde comedians who break out of their routines to explain how experimental they are being could be doing themselves no favours, one academic claims.
After founder Liam Mullone is elected a councillor
04/05/2019 … Alternative Edinburgh magazine FrignePig is closing after founder Liam Mullone was elected as a local councillorin Devon.
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