Ricky Gervais gets the green light for a £5m mansion
Two-year planning wrangle resolved
07/04/2026 … Ricky Gervais has won a two-year battle to knock down his riverside home and build a new £5million mansion.
2026 Archives
Tue 07 April 2026
Melanie Bracewell: Dilly Dallying
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2026 … Dilly Dallying is not the show it’s described as.
Claire Hooper: Fun Show xx
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
07/04/2026 … This almost sounds like a parable from Greek myth, the woman who hates fun yet is condemned to walk the earth bringing it to so many others… The premise…
Mon 06 April 2026
Marie turns her hand to stand-up... at 88
Retired factory worker takes part in Glasgow comedy festival scheme
06/04/2026 … Here’s 88-year-old Marie McLaren performing stand-up for the first time, after part in a Glasgow International Comedy Festival scheme.
Rice boils over
Comic Mike's fury as his passport is rejected
06/04/2026 … Mike Rice will have to miss some of his shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival after his passport was rejected at the airport.
Piip and Tuut Theatre: Piip and Tuut at Concert
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
06/04/2026 … Big in their native Estonia, Piip and Tuut are a couple of clowns with a winning dynamic akin to a stereotypical older married couple.
David Correos: Touching My Active Mind
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
06/04/2026 … ‘Is David Correos maturing?’ might not seem like the most obvious question to ask of a man who spends some of his show dressed as a traffic cone.
Mish Wittrup: Not As Good As I Remember
Melbourne International Comedy Festival review
06/04/2026 … Plundering embarrassing teenage diaries for every cringe-inducing detail has become such an established sub-category of comedy that a BBC Radio 4 series based on…