Not just 'upper-class wits'
28/09/2018 … Above my mantlepiece hangs a frame containing the Holy Quadrality Of Double Acts: Cook & Moore, Morecambe & Wise, Reeves & Mortimer, and Fry & Laurie.
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Fri 28 September 2018
Fri 21 September 2018
How to make money from comedy...
Tiernan Douieb explains how it worked for him
21/09/2018 … My name is Tiernan Douieb and I’m a comedian, podcaster (isn’t everyone now?), as of recently a father and a very experienced motorway service station…
How to make money from comedy
Tiernan Douieb explains how it worked for him
21/09/2018 … My name is Tiernan Douieb and I’m a comedian, podcaster (isn’t everyone now?), as of recently a father and a very experienced motorway service station…
Sun 16 September 2018
The perils of posting to YouTube
Ant Dewson is feeling like a teenager again
16/09/2018 … Recently I’ve discovered what it’s like to be a stressed teenager in 2018.
Mon 27 August 2018
Comedy is changing, but the Fringe will always survive
Comedian Steve Day considers the end of another festival
27/08/2018 … This year's Edinburgh Fringe has been the best I've ever had.
Wed 22 August 2018
Hannah Gadsby can’t tell me what to do
Sid Singh on Nanette’s true impact on comedy
22/08/2018 … With the insane pace at which news is consumed and then flies past us these days, you can be forgiven for forgetting this, but thousands of years ago back in June,…
Tue 21 August 2018
‘How can somewhere so busy feel so lonely?’
Cerys Nelmes on the strains of the Edinburgh Fringe
21/08/2018 … ‘How can somewhere so busy feel so lonely?’ This was my first observation after attending my first ever Edinburgh in 2011.
Mon 20 August 2018
Jokes of the Fringe: An alternative list
Tony Kinsella's personal top ten
20/08/2018 … After Dave named their Top 10 Jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe this morning, Tony Kinsella comes up with an alternative list.