Matt Forde's bid to interview 650 election candidates
28/05/2024 … Political comedian Matt Forde is attempting to interview a candidate from all 650 constituencies before polling day.
2024 Punching Up
Tue 28 May 2024
The comedian using a sex offender to advertise his Fringe show
Rob Mulholland uses shamed comic Tom Binns as his publicity image
28/05/2024 … Rule one of advertising your Edinburgh Fringe show is to use an eye-catching image – and Rob Mulholland has certainly done that.
Sat 25 May 2024
© Cowins/Pixabay What's the Sun for?
25/05/2024 … Tweets of the week "We've called a general election by mistake"#generalelection pic.
Wed 22 May 2024
© Chris Blacklay 'She was absolutely crackers!'
Nick Mohammed on the teacher who inspired Mr Swallow
22/05/2024 … Ted Lasso star Nick Mohammed has detailed how he based his irritating alter-ego Mr Swallow on his old English teacher.
Tue 21 May 2024
The Skins actress selling nudes to fund her Edinburgh Fringe show
Megan Prescott wants to explore the taboo of sex work
21/05/2024 … One Edinburgh Fringe performer is going to extreme lengths to try to cover the dizzying cost of putting on a show at the Fringe – selling nudes on OnlyFans.
Fri 17 May 2024
© Tima Miroshnichenko / Pexels So embarrassed in the antique shop...
17/05/2024 … Tweets of the week I may or may not walk 500 miles And I may or may not walk 500 more Just to be that man who may or may not walk a thousand miles to either…
Mon 13 May 2024
Omid Djalili: Naked prank got me kicked out of school
...and he went on to fail his A-levels six times!
13/05/2024 … Omid Djalili has revealed he was kicked out of school – after getting naked for a dare.
Sun 12 May 2024
© BBC/Stephen Perry/Wall to Wall Greg Davies: I had a meltdown in a flotation tank
The Taskmaster reveals the breakdown that drove him to comedy
12/05/2024 … Greg Davies has revealed he went into comedy after a midlife meltdown in a flotation tank.