This month, the former Perrier Awards for Comedy on the Edinburgh Fringe have been taken over by Foster’s, the beer company. The main award, which usually goes to an unknown turn, remains. But Foster’s has also invited the public to vote for a “Comedy God” from all the nominees of the last 30 years. This…
“What are days for?”, asks the curmudgeonly poet, Philip Larkin, is his poem, Days, questioning the very point of living. He is unable to offer any real comfort, concluding, “Ah, solving that question / brings the priest and the doctor / in their long coats / running over the fields.” For Larkin, the idea of…
Villagers – Ship Of Fools Essentially benign, Villagers here lay a tense and never quite consummated Eighties post-punk/neo-psychedelic guitar chug over nautical singer-songwriterly metaphors. Ship Of Fools is sure to comfort morbidly introspective young people who feel adrift, or at sea, or storm-tossed, so to speak, in their daily lives. Sadly, it seems to fade…
Every year at around this time journalist are asked for their tips for the best shows to see at the Edinburgh Fringe in August. Professional critics can’t just pick all the things they have chosen before and know are the best because, like the low rent entertainers they essentially are, they too need to vary…
Apparently we must all tighten our belts. That’s easy for David Cameron to say, cycling everywhere and being all trim and fit. I’ve put on two stone in the last three years of constant touring. But it’s not only my waistline that, apparently, needs squeezing. Reading between the lines of The Big Society manifesto, Dave…
The sacred clown of the Lakota, The Heyóka, is the perfect comedian. He speaks in gibberish, goes naked in freezing weather, starves when food is plentiful, dances backwards through holy rituals, washes in dirt, and shares his shame with everyone; The shaman-clowns of the pueblos, the koshare, descend from the rooftops, naked and howling, to…
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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John Robins, Comedian
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Microcuts 22, Twitter