You can't be a comedian AND a politician
Coral Brown on the comics getting serious
14/05/2015 … Eddie Izzard, Sandi Toksvig, Al Murray and Russell Brand have come over all political recently.
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Thu 14 May 2015
Tue 12 May 2015
Who's the hypocrite?
Anthony Miller defends Robert Webb and the hashtag warriors
12/05/2015 … I have for a while been considering replying Alan Varley's various ramblings on the Correspondents section this website but I have been put off by the fact that…
Thu 07 May 2015
Robert Webb's values go up in e-smoke...
Alan Varley accuses the comic of hypocrisy
07/05/2015 … Comedian Robert Webb has written an article for the New Statesman magazine headlined 'I wouldn't put Ed Miliband on a T-shirt, but I will vote for him'.
Tue 21 April 2015
They shouldn't have cast Vic Reeves...
Margo Milne says disabled actors should take disabled parts
21/04/2015 … Chortle today reported that Sky Arts has commissioned four 'knockabout physical comedies' to transmit in the autumn.
Mon 20 April 2015
Why don't comics get more respect?
Jojo Georgiou wants her hard work to be appreciated
20/04/2015 … As a working comic, I have done thousands of gigs over the last 18-odd years.
Thu 09 April 2015
What comedy needs is partition
Alan Varley suggests a way to end the culture war
09/04/2015 … Yesterday I wrote about the culture of offence surrounding comedy, including 'safe space' policy Cardiff University used to prevent a gig by Dapper Laughs.
Wed 08 April 2015
Freedom of speech? It's not for everyone...
Alan Varley is outraged by an outrageous outbreak of outrage
08/04/2015 … Last week Chortle published a Correspondents article by the comedian, MC and promoter Alfie Noakes who had noticed 'a worrying change in the audiences' at his gigs…
Mon 06 April 2015
Young, gifted, male and white
Tony Kinsella on the Chortle Student Comedy Award heat winners
06/04/2015 … I've just watched the videos of the 13 heat winners of the annual Chortle Student Comedy Awards.