Mine is a generation of men that was defined by its underpants. We prized them for their garish styles and loud colours; and because they annoyed our baffled parents, still shell-shocked from the second world war; and because they told people – teachers, the police, girls – who we were. It is painful for men…
Crisps. Those perfect golden wonders transform even the loneliest moments into treasured memories. Consumed with caution, crisps provide salty rewards for the dreary daily tasks of my paternal and professional duties. As a child, every school holiday I would be left in the hot car outside a succession of Devon pubs with only a pint…
BOOKS: David Rees’ How To Sharpen Pencils, Penguin’s new edition of Arthur Machen’s White People, Savage Continent by Keith Lowe, a deliberately unreliable history of obscure ’90s comedy called You Are Nothing by Robert Wringham, Julian Cope’s Copendium, Sean Howe’s Marvel Comics The Untold Story. TV: Endeavor (Young Morse) on ITV. BBC’s Sherlock Holmes, Call…
“Know, O prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars…. Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword…
I have been commissioned to write a libretto about Tarzan by an American minimalist composer who wishes to remain anonymous, and who, I suspect, will have little difficulty in doing so. My new patron initially thought the apeman story a worthy operatic subject, having noticed the inherent musicality of Tarzan’s famous cry: “Ooh-ee-oh-ee-oh-ee-oh-ee-oh-ee-ooh”. Our Tarzan…
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Stuart, Chortle
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Brighton Argus
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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John Robins, Comedian
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Cyberbloke, Twitter