We are entering a second dark age. But the light that flickers on the screens of our iPhones, from a five-second clip of a dog sliding on some ice, is blinding us to the encroaching blackness. Our civilisation teeters at the abyss. We are 8th-century Lindisfarne monks, spotting black Viking sails on the horizon and…
Paul Hollywood is named after a stupid place. And Mary Berry changed her surname to that of a popular cake ingredient in 1970, in a self-abasing quest for self-raising fame. We expect little moral guidance from either Hollywood or Berry, and we receive none in return. But in refusing to follow The Great British Bake…
Last week Jeremy Corbyn welcomed the endorsement of the 80s Birmingham band UB40, in front of a room of baffled journalists. But then a rival version of UB40 declined to endorse the Labour leader. The Corbyn narrative became collateral damage in the titanic battle of two warring factions of the once mighty pop-reggae pioneers, supposedly…
In Edinburgh, where I write this, there is concern that the city’s newly opened branch of the Kremlin-backed news agency Sputnik is intended specifically to destabilise post-Brexit English-Scottish relations. Message to Putin: “Don’t worry, Vladimir baby! We can handle this one ourselves!!” Nonetheless, let us compare the contrasting media manipulation strategies of Putin’s Russia and,…
As the third most consistently critically acclaimed British standup comedian of the 21st century, I usually spend my summers at the Edinburgh fringe, trying to intimidate younger comedians into quitting while simultaneously manicuring my own legend. I have attended the metrosexual arts event every August since 1987, except for 2001, when I was too broke…
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Stuart, Chortle
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Bosco239, youtube
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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John Robins, Comedian
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Idrie, Youtube
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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GRTak, finalgear.com