There is much we can learn from the ancient traditions of Winterval, each culture’s festive myths and rituals being equally valid, and equally instructive, irrespective of their veracity or worth. Upon the solstice night in Latveria, for example, Pappy Puffklap leaves a dried clump of donkey excrement on the breakfast table of each home. Is…
In 2005, the then 20-year-old Prince Harry appeared as a Nazi at a fancy dress party. Perhaps the uniform had been inherited from his great-great-uncle, Edward VIII, who was not averse to a spot of recreational sieg heiling. But next year Prince Harry is to marry the mixed-race descendant of a black American slave, his wedding garments scrupulously stripped of…
Pasting together doctored drawings of the Daily Mail’s long-running cartoon dog, Fred Basset, I’m creating the mother of all monetisable Christmas cash-in books. In the first of a typical three-frame strip, Fred defecates insolently on a pavement. Then Fred’s owner scoops up the excrement before – and this is the twist – popping it through…
At the beginning of the current decade I was often mistaken for the then North Korean dictator-in-waiting Kim Jong-un, which led to an embarrassing incident in a pet shop on Dalston High Road in February 2009. Needless to say, I was unable to convince the Polish lady behind the counter that I was merely looking…
Last summer I wrote a comedy drama script, currently “in development with a major broadcaster”, concerning a charming, confident, clever and machiavellian politician. Named Horace Thompson, he manipulates popular culture to consolidate support for a controversial referendum he narrowly won, intending to further his own self-interest. And he was in the Bullingdon Club. And he…
In the 1980s, the pornographic bookshop (bad) where we bought amyl nitrate was opposite the feminist bookshop (good), where we hung around skim-reading Spare Rib and Shulamith Firestone’s The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist Revolution (1970), to try to get dates with the clever feminists, who saw through us immediately. The feminist bookshop…
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Al Murray, Comedian
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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John Robins, Comedian
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk