Tweeted like a criminal
Penny Nicholas on today's theat to free speech
11/11/2010 … I'm concerned about the Twitter Joke Trial.
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Thu 11 November 2010
Mon 08 November 2010
We're funny, already
This is one Jewish stereotype Dave Cohen can live with
08/11/2010 … I was reading in the Daily Telegraph the other day (don’t worry, it was online, nobody saw me) that Jews are funny.
Thu 04 November 2010
Stand-ups need to man-up
04/11/2010 … At my last gig, where I was the MC, I was universally disliked.
Tue 02 November 2010
The comedy casting couch
Wend Smith on what women won’t do to get ahead
02/11/2010 … I am well aware that the debate as to whether women are funny enough to be comedians is a perennial topic; but, I wonder, are people aware that female comics also…
Sun 24 October 2010
You're not funny!
Al Bahmani learns to embrace the heckler
24/10/2010 … On a long enough timeline, we all get heckled.
Thu 21 October 2010
Another club bites the dust
Alexis Dubus calls time on his regular night
21/10/2010 … RIP Upstairs At The Masons and (possibly) XS Malarkey.
Wed 20 October 2010
Can comedy learn from music?
London promoter Sophie Sweatman has some ideas...
20/10/2010 … In the 1990s Camden Town was buzzing with bands and music promoters with the Barfly, music’s version of Jongleurs, flapping its wings from the renowned Water Rats…
Tue 19 October 2010
RIP, my lovely club
James Mullinger mourns the end of Upstairs At The Masons
19/10/2010 … Reading about Toby Hadoke’s problems with the wonderful XS Malarkey club filled me with great sadness.