Have you heard the one about the dead hooker?
Probably, says this sex worker, who is sick of them
16/06/2017 … We need to talk about dead hooker jokes.
2017 Opinions
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Fri 16 June 2017
Tue 13 June 2017
Good Grief! How me and my nan made a tragi-comedy
13/06/2017 … ‘The shows winning awards now are sad comedy shows.
Fri 02 June 2017
'We're all somewhere between artist and hack'
And, says Mat Ricardo, audience can tell the difference
02/06/2017 … Couple of weeks ago, I found myself in a mid-priced hotel room, drinking single malt out of plastic hotel bathroom tumblers, with my friend David, who is, like me,…
Wed 10 May 2017
This course is for losers
Sonia Aste tries a new approach to winning comedy competitions
10/05/2017 … In a world obsessed with winning I’m glad to say losing is very much alive, as I can personally testify to losing so many comedy competitions that my…
Tue 02 May 2017
The magic of the travelling fair
Mat Ricardo on why he'd rather be a carnie than a flattie
02/05/2017 … Sometimes I agonise for long, strained days and weeks about a subject for my next column.
Tue 18 April 2017
© Richard Lewis The day I met Bill Hicks... then saw his insane show
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.
Sun 09 April 2017
Don Rickles taught us that passion beats polish
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.
Wed 05 April 2017
Fake news!
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.