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© Richard Lewis Comedian turned artist Richard Lewis reminisces
18/04/2017 … When Bill Hicks walked into the Cardiff bookshop I worked in one grey November afternoon in 1992, I recognised him immediately.
Russell Hicks on the comedian's legacy
09/04/2017 … Don Rickles may be the most posthumously misunderstood comic in the history of stand-up.
There's no evidence that being anti-Brexit harms a comic's career, says Stewart Lee
05/04/2017 … As usual, The shit Daily Telegraph is full of utter shit and naked political bias where its comedy coverage is concerned.
Andrew Learmonth knows what the couple who walked out of Ricky Gervais were going through
04/04/2017 … I threw myself back into work after my son died.
Mat Ricardo on a gig that turned sour
04/04/2017 … A while ago – and enough time has passed that I can mention this without the people involved knowing that I'm talking about them – I did a gig.
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