Just a joke? Now I'm really offended
Eddie Bannon takes issue with a throwaway phrase
10/09/2014 … I don’t get offended at gigs… but I was at a gig the other night, and I got offended.
2014 Opinions
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Wed 10 September 2014
Mon 08 September 2014
© John Lambeth I won't dress down for comedy
Comic Samantha Pressdee on reclaiming her sexuality
08/09/2014 … During my trip to Edinburgh this year, there was a lot of talk about sexism in comedy.
Mon 01 September 2014
Everyone likes seeing stars
...especially when there's only one of them, says Nigel Lovell
01/09/2014 … In a recent Correspondence piece, Isn't it time the stars went out?, Chortle editor Steve Bennett revealed he is considering ceasing to attach star ratings to reviews.
Fri 29 August 2014
Slaying my Late & Live demon
Tom Rhodes on returning to Edinburgh's bearpit
29/08/2014 … For the past 14 years I have been tormented by a demon.
Tue 26 August 2014
Isn't it time the stars went out?
Chortle editor Steve Bennett says the system's flawed
26/08/2014 … Chortle may have handed out its last star.
Fri 22 August 2014
My 'mental' Fringe
Harriet Dyer on her theraputic show
22/08/2014 … When I started to write my Fringe show, Barking At Aeroplanes I sincerely intended on it being an, ‘Ooh I’m just eccentric but folk think I’m crackers, isn’t…
Tue 19 August 2014
My guide to shagging in Edinburgh
Brydie Lee-Kennedy has the bases covered...
19/08/2014 … It’s the final week of the Edinburgh Fringe and that means you’ve probably engaged in at least one of the following activities: complaining about your lack…
Mon 18 August 2014
© James Penlidis How YouTube's changing sketch comedy
18/08/2014 … We’re more than two weeks into our first ever Edinburgh Festival Fringe: a rite of passage for young Australian comics for decades.