Omid Djalili: Gunmen once shot at me
...but comic said he couldn't report it for fear of reprisals
17/08/2023 … Omid Djalili has revealed he was shot at in his student days, in what he suggested was a racist attack.
Thu 17 August 2023
Fri 11 August 2023
© Arthur T. LaBar/CC BY-SA 2.0 What's your amateur lion tamer name?
11/08/2023 … Tweets of the week Today I walked past one of those I speak your weight building sites.
Laughter makes the world – and kaiten conveyor belts - go round
Publicity stunt at Edinburgh's YO! Sushi
11/08/2023 … The Edinburgh branch of YO! Sushi has rigged up its conveyor belt to respond to laughter.
Thu 10 August 2023
Knockout comedy
Elliot Steel issues a content warning after two people pass out in his Edinburgh Fringe show
10/08/2023 … Elliot Steel has had to put a trigger warning in his Edinburgh Fringe show after two people fainted while hearing a graphic description of a nasty jiu-jitsu injury.
Tue 08 August 2023
'I died so hard I thought I could hear the voice of God'
Comic Joe White on being booed for the whole of his Fringe set
08/08/2023 … Comic Joe White has claimed a Fringe badge of honour – getting booed for nine of the ten minutes he was on stage.
Eddie Izzard's spirit of the Fringe!
Comic's gin is a tonic for the festival
08/08/2023 … Eddie Izzard has put her name to a new gin blend to help raise money for the Edinburg Fringe.
Sat 05 August 2023
© Joe Lycett/X Did Harry Styles really sit for a portrait by Joe Lycett?
05/08/2023 … Joe Lycett has unveiled a portrait of Harry Styles – after claiming the musician personally sat for him.
Dark comedy
Stand-up has to perform by phone light after tech fails - watch the video
05/08/2023 … Talk about irony.