A press release for Boothby Graffoe's 4th Album - January 2012
It's Got Bells On - Morris Dancing Piece - December 2011
Sleeve Notes for a Flying Nun Records Sampler - November 2011
July 2011 - Jan Moir of the Daily Mail makes up a load of stuff about Stew. Read her article here, and Stewart's riposte, here.
My Perfect Pub - Shortlist Magazine - 12th May 2011
Razorcuts album reissue sleevenotes - September 2010
There Are No Comedy Gods - Dodgem Logic - September 2010
Frank Chickens: Fairness & Change - July 2010
Sleevenotes to Today, by Galaxie 500, Jan 2010
Scottish Humanists' Podcast - 2007
Fringe Diary for The Big Issue - Part 1 (August 2007)
Fringe Diary for The Big Issue - Part 2 (August 2007)
Fringe Diary for The Big Issue - Part 3 (August 2007)
Fringe Diary for The Big Issue - Part 4 (August 2007)
English Hecklers in New Zealand (2005)
An Englishman in Kalgoorlie (2005)
Hotel Toiletries: A piece rejected by a New York magazine. (July 2005)
West From Walpi – From the Hitch-hiking anthology No Such Thing As A Free Ride (2004)
I'll Only Go If You Throw Glass (2002)


I was getting on so well with Gillian Welch. Then David Cameron butts in - The Observer - 5th February 2012
Shame on you, Alex Salmond, for selling us out to the Bullingdon Club - The Observer - 5th February 2012
Cameron's advice to the British film industry is at odds with the nature of creativity - The Observer - 22nd January 2012
Thatcher - The Observer - 15th January 2012
You scumbags, you maggots... just leave that sacred Pogues song alone - 8th January 2012

A Christmas Piece for Time Out - December 2011
Christmas Memories - The Guardian - 20th December 2011
A piece on Child-friendly hotels for Best Western magazine - December 2011.
General Knowledge Quiz - The Guardian - 25th December 2011
Does comic 'bravery' go hand in hand with being offensive and stupid? - The Observer, 13th November 2011
Mark Kermode Is Thor - column rejected by The Observer, Oct 2011
D Albarn - The Observer - 10th July 2011
A comedy of comparison - Financial Times - 17th June 2011
If five portions a day are so good, how come rabbits and slugs are so stupid? - The Observer - 12th June 2011
The National Trust doesn’t even trust us to have our own thoughts - The Guardian - 5th June 2011
The Best Of London - Time Out - May 2011
The Fisher King & His Sacrificial Bride - The Guardian - 27th April 2011
Slow Comedy, Financial Times - April 2011
The Queen Is Dead, Mojo - April 2011

Comics - Clint, December 2010
The Countryside - Best Western Hotel Magazine, December 2010
The Comedy Boom - Independent on Sunday, 28th November 2010
The Super Moby Dick Of Space. Dodgem Logic - November 2010
Giant Sand. Sunday Times - November 2010
Best Performance, Observer New Review - September 2010
The Night I Died, Time Out - September 2010
Sponsorship Of The Arts / Fosters - The New Statesman - July 2010
Comedy In Opposition, GQ - July 2010
Edinburgh Tips, Financial Times - July 2010
Shelves, The Observer - July 2010
NME Singles Reviews - July 2010
World Cup, Time Out - May 2010
Evan Parker, The Guardian, April 2010
Financial Times Diary, April 2010
Free Improvisation - April 2010 - The Times

The Diary: Stewart Lee - December 5 2009 - Financial Times
Robyn Hitchcock – 12th February 2009 - The Sunday Times

2008 (Dec) - Jukebox - The Sunday Times
2008 (Nov) Ken Vandermark & Peter Brötzmann - The Sunday Times
2008 (July) Tom Waits - The Sunday Times
2008 - Ben Elton - The Independent
2008 - Steve Earle - The Sunday Times
2008 - REM - Royal Albert Hall - The Sunday Times
2008 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - The Sunday Times
2008 - Morrissey - The Sunday Times

LONDON LIFES was a weekly column I wrote for What's On In London magazine for 15 weeks in early 2007.
The magazine went bust without paying me anything, owing me £8000. Click Here to read the pieces.
2007 - SLEEVE NOTES FOR THE REISSUE OF THE TREES’ ON THE SHORE
ON BEING LABELLED 41st BEST STANDUP - FINANCIAL TIMES & THE LIST
2007 - The History Of Alternative Comedy - Time Out
2007 - STAND-UP COMEDY ON TV - Glasgow Herald
2007 - ARTHUR MACHEN – a piece rejected by various newspapers
Edinburgh Festival Fringe: The greatest comedy event in the world - THE INDEPENDENT
2007 - RICHARD YOUNGS - MOJO MAGAZINE
2007 - POLITICAL CORRECTNESS - THE GUARDIAN
2007 - TED CHIPPINGTON - THE GUARDIAN GUIDE
2007 - THE FALL - GOING FOR A SONG
2007 - COWBOY JUNKIES - SUNDAY TIMES
2007 - DEREK BAILEY
2007 - HAWKWIND - THE INDEPENDENT
2007 - JOHN MARTYN - SUNDAY TIMES
2007 - THE WATERSONS' MIGHTY RIVER OF SONG

2006 - BAD MOVIE - THE GUARDIAN
2006 - POGUE IN A HOLE - SUNDAY TIMES
2006 - SUNNY MURRAY - THE WIRE MAGAZINE
2006 - GERMANY: THE HUMOUR PROBLEM
2006 - JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA TOUR DIARY - THE GUARDIAN
2006 - EDINBURGH FESTIVAL - THE GUARDIAN
2006 - FREEDOM OF SPEECH - THE TIMES
2006 - THE FALL - WIRE MAGAZINE
2006 - WAR OF THE WORLDS - SUNDAY TIMES
2006 - LUCINDA WILLIAMS - THE TIMES
2006 - BUFF MEDWAYS - SUNDAY TIMES
2006 - EVAN PARKER - TIME OUT
2006 - ALBERT AYLER - SUNDAY TIMES
2006 - PATTI SMITH - SUNDAY TIMES
2006 - THE FALL - SUNDAY TIMES

2005 - IN DEFENSE OF LAUGHTER - THE NEW STATESMAN
2005 - EDINBURGH COMEDY - THE NEW STATESMAN
2005 - DEREK BAILEY / RUINS / THE ARISTOCRATS - WIRE MAGAZINE
2005 - THE ARISTOCRATS - SUNDAY TIMES

2004 - A MIGHTY WIND
2004 - MARK E SMITH - ESQUIRE MAGAZINE
2004 - JACKSON'S WAY
2004 - JOHNNY VEGAS - ESQUIRE MAGAZINE
2004 - FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE - ESQUIRE MAGAZINE
2004 - KING ARTHUR - SUNDAY TIMES
2004 - LONG RYDERS - SUNDAY TIMES
2004 - THE SMITHS - Q MAGAZINE
2004 - BILLY CONNOLLY / KEN BIGLEY - GLASGOW HERALD
2004 - JULIAN COPE - SUNDAY TIMES
2004 - MUSIC THEATRE - ESQUIRE MAGAZINE
2004 - STUDENTS - THE INDEPENDENT
2004 - EDINBURGH FRINGE - THE LIST MAGAZINE

2003 - CALEXICO - SUNDAY TIMES
2003 - JERRY SPRINGER - TIME OUT
2003 - NICK CAVE - SUNDAY TIMES
2003 - SHIRLEY COLLINS - SUNDAY TIMES

2002 - PATTI SMITH - SUNDAY TIMES
2002 - ALAN MOORE - SUNDAY TIMES
2002 - THOR'S HAMMER - SUNDAY TIMES
2002 - STEVE ALBINI - SUNDAY TIMES
2002 - SPIDERMAN - SUNDAY TIMES

2001 - ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES - SUNDAY TIMES

2000 - GIANT SAND - BUCKETFUL OF BRAINS
2000 - ROWLAND S HOWARD - SUNDAY TIMES

1999 - JIM O ROURKE - SUNDAY TIMES
1999 - TERRASTOCK / BEVIS FROND - SUNDAY TIMES
1999 - SONIC YOUTH - SUNDAY TIMES
1999 - ROKY ERICKSON - SUNDAY TIMES
1999 - GO BETWEENS - SUNDAY TIMES
1999 - JOHN FAHEY - SUNDAY TIMES

1998 - GRAHAM COXON - SUNDAY TIMES
1998 - ELIZA CARTHY - SUNDAY TIMES
1998 - BILLY JENKINS - SUNDAY TIMES
1998 - BOB WILLS - SUNDAY TIMES
1998 - GEORGE KUCHAR - SUNDAY TIMES

1997 - PAVEMENT - SUNDAY TIMES
1997 - 11th DREAM DAY - SUNDAY TIMES
1997 - DEREK BAILEY - SUNDAY TIMES
1997 - YO LA TENGO - SUNDAY TIMES
1997 - BILL HICKS - SUNDAY TIMES
1997 - SON VOLT - SUNDAY TIMES
1997 - ROBERT FRIPP - SUNDAY TIMES
1997 - RACHEL's / REX - SUNDAY TIMES

1996 - DIRTY THREE - SUNDAY TIMES
1996 - AFGHAN WHIGS - SUNDAY TIMES
1996 - GUIDED BY VOICES - SUNDAY TIMES
1996 - SPIKE MILLIGAN - SUNDAY TIMES
1996 - GIANT SAND - SUNDAY TIMES
1996 - THE FALL - SUNDAY TIMES
1996 - GORKY's ZYGOTIC MYNCI - SUNDAY TIMES
1996 - NEIL DIAMOND - SUNDAY TIMES
1996 - ICE T - SUNDAY TIMES
1996 - VIC CHESTNUTT - SUNDAY TIMES
1996 - SEX PISTOLS - BIG ISSUE

1995 - JOE PASQUALE - SUNDAY TIMES
1995 - Deadpan Magazine - "Porn"
1995 - Deadpan Magazine - "Amsterdam"
1995 - Deadpan Magazine - "Talks To The Animals"
1995 - Deadpan Magazine - "One's Right Not To Be Called A Wanker"
1994 - Deadpan Magazine - "How close the shriek of laughter is to the scream of terror"
1994 - Deadpan Magazine - "Camping In The Rockies"
1994 - Deadpan Magazine - "I Am A Vampire"
1994 - Deadpan Magazine - "Subversion Must Wear A Knowing Smile"
1994 - Deadpan Magazine - "Never Trust Anyone Over 30"
1994 - Deadpan Magazine - "Disappointment In San Fransisco"
1994 - Deadpan Magazine - "Surely The Last Obituary For Kurt Cobain"
1994 - Deadpan Magazine - "My Name Is Eric..."

1990 - GIANT SAND - SCRATCH MAGAZINE

MORPHOGENESIS - (date unknown)