Stand-up? You should get it on the State
Toby Martin on how comedy can help pupils... and teachers
26/01/2010 … Thirty lank-haired adolescents file into my classroom.
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Tue 26 January 2010
Mon 25 January 2010
Stop the destruction of the BBC's comedy tradition
Dave Cohen urges action against the Tories' plans
25/01/2010 … Philip Davies is a spokesman for the Campaign Against Political Correctness.
Tue 19 January 2010
Jerry Sadowitz upset someone? What a shocker...
Bill Bruce backs the repeat offeder
19/01/2010 … There was a moment, reading Bethan Richards recent Correspondents article about Jerry Sadowitz that made me stop, pause for a second, and check I hadn’t stumbled…
Mon 18 January 2010
The REALLY depressing thing about Blue Monday...
Comic Dean Burnett on the PR myth that takes science out of the equation
18/01/2010 … They say all publicity is good publicity.
Fri 15 January 2010
How these brutal edits are ruining comedy
Richard Sandling rails against heavy-handed post-production techniques
15/01/2010 … I was fortunate enough to get to do some of the studio warm-up for The Persuasionists.
Thu 14 January 2010
A tirade of racist, sexist, borderline-psychopathic bile
Bethan Richards experiences Jerry Sadowitz for the first time..
14/01/2010 … It was with nervous anticipation that I took my seat, prudently near the back of the room, to watch the infamous Jerry Sadowitz perform his 90-minute set at The…
Wed 13 January 2010
Emails from the edge
Catie Wilkins gets inside the psyche of an insecure comic
13/01/2010 … Hey Dave,Good to meet you the other night.
Sun 10 January 2010
Comedy needs its limits
Jack Cooper wants a break from offensive gags
10/01/2010 … It’s almost becoming old hat hearing comedians defending what is considered ‘offensive comedy’ in the aftermath of Sachsgate and Adlingtongate.