Half term comes round again, like the tolling of a graveyard bell. From the Midlands and the South, bowed and cowed, the hopeful parent horde crawls west in hatchbacks and people carriers, in search of a glimpse of the normality they enjoyed before they gave birth, in search a great gleaming myth. It flickers at…
Ricky Gervais is an actor, writer, and director. He is brave. I am a standup. I am not brave. I only ever did one brave thing. In 2005, I agreed, while drunk, to jump off the tallest structure in New Zealand. New Zealanders’ high living standards mean they are driven to create artificial jeopardy, usually…
The comedian Simon Munnery suggests all autobiographies should be sub-titled “Failure Justified”. It’s funny because it’s true. All autobiographies are the acrid after-burps of dying mortals pleading for forgiveness. That said, in his new autobiography, See A Little Light, the American punk icon Bob Mould seems delighted with his downward spiral from front-man of the…
The 17th-century witchfinder general, Mary Hopkin, roamed Essex on top of a horse, burning witches and stuffing her bearded face with purloined olden-days tavern fayre – crusty bread rolls, steak and ale pies and banana splits. And yet, crawling from Colchester in a crackling cloud of dark energie, it appears the spawn of at least…
Last Saturday’s Guardian had an interview with the young American comedy rapper Bo Burnham, who has accrued 650m hits for his homemade raps on YouTube and is making a funny rapping film with the director Judd Apatow. Last year the Fosters Comedy Awards praised the rapper for coming to the lowly Edinburgh Festival, rather than…
The German E coli bean sprout scandal offers damning evidence that all fruits and vegetables are dirty beyond reason, toxic timebombs that have secreted themselves at the very heart of global cuisine in the form of trusted dietary staples. Yet government food eggheads continue to bray from their state-sterilised laboratories, demanding that we eat at…
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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World Without End, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Z-factor, Twitter.
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Stuart, Chortle
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Rudeness, Youtube
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Brighton Argus
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Bosco239, youtube
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Idrie, Youtube
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com