'People tell me I've got a Messiah complex'
03/08/2018 … Tweets of the week Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can't change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to think of reasonable…
2018 Punching Up
Fri 03 August 2018
Wed 01 August 2018
Joe Lycett has a bust reduction
Comic slashes the cost of his Royal Academy sculpture
01/08/2018 … Your chance to own an original Joe Lycett sculpture just got a lot cheaper.
© BBC Michael Palin named the greatest ever Yorkshireman
As The Chuckle Brothers edge out the man who abolished slavery
01/08/2018 … The county gave the world such monumental figures as politician William Wilberforce, physicist Joseph Priestley, Captain James Cook, the Bronte Sisters and WH Auden.
Tue 31 July 2018
The slippery slope of the Edinburgh Fringe
Assembly installs a helter-skelter
31/07/2018 … As if the Edinburgh Fringe wasn’t already a helter-skelter ride for comedians.
Sat 28 July 2018
'I fear my jokes could get me deported'
Gina Yashere on comedy in the era of Trump
28/07/2018 … Gina Yashere fears her jokes could get her kicked out of America, in the age of Donald Trump.
The double act that'll change every day
Personal crises force duo to get creaive
28/07/2018 … Here’s something of a challenge.
© Just For Laughs A feud reKindled
Andy Kindler renews his attack on Ricky Gervais
28/07/2018 … American comic Andy Kindler has renewed his attacks on Ricky Gervais.
Fri 27 July 2018
I'm scared of Jumanji...
27/07/2018 … Quote of the week ‘When an American comic contacts me to say they’d like to play my club, I have one question: “Are you committed to the violent overthrow…