The Rough Guide to Cult Fiction pictures Albert Camus smoking a cigarette on the cover, and struggles to define its terms. A cult writer should have died, ideally in mysterious circumstances, leaving behind one seminal work and a whiff of wasted potential. The obscure Welsh mystic Arthur Machen, (1863-1947) almost qualifies as a cult, but…
Peter Tasseledbat is the head of Endemetriol Productions, the London based production company responsible for a host of hit Channel 4 shows including Teen Street, Street Slag, Shit Street, Teen Shit, Street Teen, Slag Shit, Teen Slag, Slag Teen, Street Shit, Shit Teen, Slag Street, Shit Slag, The Friday Night Project, Big Brother and Celebrity…
John Martyn’s 70’s, folk-fusion experiments with the echoplex guitar pedal have led to the lazy byline, ‘godfather of trip-hop’, but this is to damn him with ludicrously feint praise. The Don’t Look Back series of concerts, in which artists perform an album from beginning to end, encouraged Martyn to revisit his finest hour, 1973’s Solid…
On a silent Sunday afternoon, fourteen years ago, I was waiting for a bus on Kings Avenue, Brixton, South London. In the bus shelter, a shaking man with a Special Brew can met my eye. I’ve always been someone strangers feel entitled to talk to, but few of my long conversations with racist pensioners in…
As usual, this year’s British Comedy awards were not a hugely useful barometer of where comedy is at, based as they are on public polls of magazine readers largely unaware of how the art form may be flourishing beyond their TV sets, or influenced by the lobbying of industry insiders anxious to increase the market…
Gabrielle, Chortle.com
Gabrielle, Chortle.com
Hiewy, Youtube
Hiewy, Youtube
98rosjon, Twitter
98rosjon, Twitter
Mini-x2, readytogo.net
Mini-x2, readytogo.net
Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
John Robins, Comedian
John Robins, Comedian
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Stuart, Chortle
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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World Without End, Twitter
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Kozzy06, Youtube
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Bosco239, youtube
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Brighton Argus
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Idrie, Youtube
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
Horatio Melvin, Twitter
Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com