Easter is the time of eternal symbols: the fictitious egg-abandoning rabbit; the female mantis, biting off its mate’s head during a loveless copulation; and, perhaps most profound, the newborn orphan lamb’s greedy suckling at the laughing prime minister’s eagerly proffered teat, a scene re-enacted every Easter by a local actor in the village of Chadlington,…
In 1944 the London Evening Standard sent Betty Knox, of the popular music hall trio Wilson, Keppel and Betty, to cover the Normandy landings. Knox’s impromptu one-woman performance of their famous Sand Dance, a rip-roaring montage of ancient Egyptian imagery and racially insensitive soft-shoeing, was delivered under heavy bombardment on Gold Beach, and so bored…
Last week, I betrayed the homosexual parenting community. At Elton John’s insistence I tried to boycott Dolce & Gabbana, which was a great sacrifice for me, as other designer underwear makes my testicles look old. As I have been appearing at a theatre in Dundee it has been difficult to find any Dolce & Gabbana…
When so-called Islamic State destroyed historic sites in Iraq, I was wary of making judgments of other cultures, and gave these exuberant young men the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps shattering the statues was mere high spirits, like when Greeks trample wedding crockery? Or perhaps it was the fault of MI5? Of course, we also…
Culture secretary Sajid Javid has said that ticket touts are “classic entrepreneurs” and their detractors are the “chattering middle classes and champagne socialists, who have no interest in helping the common working man earn a decent living by acting as a middleman”. Fill my flute with Dom Perignon, comrade, as we raise the red flag…
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Stuart, Chortle
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Brighton Argus
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Gwaites, Digitalspy