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We invite general comment pieces about particular aspects of the comedy scene (although reviews of individual shows or performers tend not to be suited to this section except in very rare circumstances). Contributions should be at least 500 words in length, in a similar tone to something you might read in a broadsheet newspaper, and emailed to steve@chortle.co.uk
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...but this is what John Fleming is doing
28/06/2012 … Hollywood scriptwriter William Goldman’s wise line his book Adventures in the Screen Trade, ‘nobody knows anything’, is oft misunderstood.
Alan Anderson on ScotRail's 'draconian' alcohol ban
27/06/2012 … Glasgow is the great untapped market for Edinburgh Festival promoters.
Ian Hawkins gets all corporate...
26/06/2012 … I spent five years working for JLA, the UK’s biggest agency providing speakers to address events.
JR Moores wonders if the tax scandal will hit Jimmy Carr's comedy
21/06/2012 … Among all the references to Alexei Sayle, Ted Chippington and Simon Munnery in Stewart Lee’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate nestled some unexpectedly gushing praise…
Elliot Wengler on the 'joys' of the open-mic circuit
20/06/2012 … About 20-25 gigs into the open mic comedy-gigging world is when you realise that you’re an idiot.
17/06/2012 … Should Armando Iannucci have accepted his OBE? Former Blair spin doctor Alastair Campbell certainly doesn’t think so.
Yianni Agisilaou goes to the Chortle conference
15/06/2012 … When the alarm rings at 6:45am and you – a comedian – pull your covers aside and arise, it’s usually to head to some remote ‘London in name only’ airport…
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