My old university friend, the American geographer William Dyer, accepted my Skype call at a research station on the pebble shores of the Antarctic Sound. Once, it would have been too remote to receive messages and yet here I was, laughing at the Sub Pop Records baseball cap that fixed him temporally and culturally. Will…
Writing last weekend on the scandal surrounding the Proms’ absence of patriotic songs, the former minister of fun David Mellors opined, “the person I feel most sorry for is Edward Elgar”, the composer of Land of Hope and Glory. Not black Britons offended by Rule, Britannia!’s references to slaves; not black Britons annoyed by people…
The nation will fall. The monarchy will collapse. The ravens are leaving the Tower of London. They flee not in anticipation of another Landrover-crash Prince Andrew interview, but because they are bored by virus London’s lack of bustle. I understand. Without live music, live comedy, and live yoghurt, London is the congested, polluted, overpriced hell-hole…
Two dozen young people, their hair unkempt, their face masks filthy, stood on the rolling route of the Ridgeway at Overton, holding aloft on wooden shafts an enormous pair of billowing ladies’ bloomers. White against the blue sky like nylon clouds, written upon their wind-filled cheeks were the words “sorry ass”. “Sorry ass!”, chanted the…
Michael Gove is standing in a public waste disposal site in west London, objective reality dissolving around him, surrounded by a semicircle of imaginary attendants he has made himself from discarded rubbish; mop-handle spines, coathanger arms, sofa cushion bodies, and rotting rubber football heads. “These are my attendants, Leapy Lee,” he cried up at me,…
On the quay at Port Isaac yesterday evening, lit by a midsummer moon, I stood before an assembled shoal of grizzled Cornish fishermen, fat Henry V in Fred Perry, waving my Olivier award like a sword. “I know you. You’ve survived storms at sea, gales that tear trees from fields. You’ve withstood winds that raise…
Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
Rudeness, Youtube
Rudeness, Youtube
James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Stuart, Chortle
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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World Without End, Twitter
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Bosco239, youtube
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Wharto15, Twitter
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Borathigh5, Youtube
Birmingham Sunday Mercury
Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Chez, Chortle.com
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Z-factor, Twitter.
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Brighton Argus
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Idrie, Youtube
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Pnethor, pne-online.com