On the loss of a racist statue...
18/08/2017 … Tweets of the week If the removal of a racist's statue is a threat to your entire way of life that could be because you're:a) a racist.
Fri 18 August 2017
Didn't he do well?
Bruce Forsyth dies at 89 after a brilliant TV career
18/08/2017 … Sir Bruce Forsyth has died aged 89 – after a 75-year career in showbusiness The former Strictly Come Dancing presenter had been unwell for some time…
Tom Houghton: Class Half Empty
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Paul Fleckney
18/08/2017 … There’s posh, and there’s Tom Houghton posh.
All gigs teach you something
Abi Roberts recalls her Unforgettable Five
18/08/2017 … First gig My first stand-up gig was in a room of other comics in a room above a pub in North London.
Jan Ravens: Difficult Woman
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
18/08/2017 … Isn’t it time we had a female-led topical impressions show? That’s the abiding question you’ll have from Jan Ravens’s very-long-time-coming…
Natalie Palamides: LAID
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Jay Richardson
18/08/2017 … Although it's tempting to consider LAID philosophically from the perspective of the chicken and the egg – does audience reaction provoke the spectacle…
Tiff Stevenson: Bombshell
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Steve Bennett
18/08/2017 … Tiff Stevenson's show takes a wide-ranging look at the major issues of the last 12 months, deeper than her appearances on Mock The Week would ever allow.
Where would you be if you weren't in Edinburgh this month?
Fringe comedians mull an alternative universe...
18/08/2017 … Staring at my social media feeds with hate-filled eyes as my friends enjoy all that Edinburgh has to offer.