Book review: Kenneth Williams Unseen
by Wes Butters and Russell Davies
29/10/2008 … What can be said about Kenneth Williams that hasn’t been said before… and in his own words? Thanks to the revealing diaries he fastidiously kept, we have long…
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Reviews of books about comedy, including biographies of comedians old and new, and (occasionally) books by comedians. To have a book considered for review, send a copy to Chortle, 112 Norman Road, London, E11 4RL.
Wed 29 October 2008
Mon 20 October 2008
Book review: Look Who It Is!
20/10/2008 … Publishers will no doubt be hoping Alan Carr’s autobiography follows the same success as last year’s blockbuster comedy memoirs: Russell Brand’s My Booky Wook.
Thu 16 October 2008
Book review: Belching Out The Devil
Global Adventures With Coca-Cola by Mark Thomas
16/10/2008 … Maybe it’s the trillions spent on marketing, or some moreish component of their secret ingredient 7X, but it’s hard to even read the words Coca-Cola without…
Wed 08 October 2008
Book review: A Family At War
The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Till Death Us Do Part
08/10/2008 … In a BBC poll to find Britain’s best-ever sitcom a few years back, Till Death Do Us Part came in at an inglorious No 32.
Thu 02 October 2008
Book review: On The Road
02/10/2008 … It’s the ultimate ‘difficult second book’ syndrome.
Mon 30 June 2008
Book review: In The Bath
30/06/2008 … Finer minds than minds have already summed up Tim Fitzhigham better than I ever could.
Thu 15 May 2008
Book review: Bearded Tit
15/05/2008 … When Rory McGrath appears on QI, the erudition he displays does much to counter the image of a lairy, leery and laddish Arsenal fan that viewers might have gathered…
Fri 11 April 2008
Book review: Comedy At The Edge
11/04/2008 … People have been cracking jokes since the dawn of time, but stand-up as we understand it is one of the few artforms that America can reasonably claim to have invented.