Bella Hull: Mad Cow Disease
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
12/08/2026 … Bella Hull starts her Fringe show with some brief, intense and intimidating crowd work, targeting audience members who’d feel most awkward, just to establish…
2026 Archives
Wed 12 August 2026
Lost in translation?
Sammy J on converting Aussie references for a UK audience
12/08/2026 … ‘Sorry mate … what’s a Dunkaroo?’ Dammit.
Underground Monk Show
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
12/08/2026 … Four monks discover a source of magical water that leads them into realms of dream and self-discovery, encountering some of life’s great rites and rituals…
Sam Eley is Basil Crumbwick: Soul Sewage
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
12/08/2026 … We’ve seen a comic genius in a papier-mâché head before, of course.
Adam Flood: Life and Death of the Party
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
12/08/2026 … Given the noise bleed at the Edinburgh Fringe, plenty of shows come with pounding musical backing.
This was an iconic series for those of us in the gay bear world
Sam Morrison picks his comedy favourites
12/08/2026 … Sam Morrison – who previously found success with his show Sugar Daddy – is back at the Edinburgh Fringe with Duck, described as ‘a science-obsessed…
Rosie Holt: The Illegal Aliens Have Landed!
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
12/08/2026 … Aliens have landed in every city on Earth, and a dithering backbench Labour MP has the task of managing the situation.
We banned 'creepy' Jimmy Savile from The Kumars at No 42
Paedophile rejected before his crimes had been exposed
12/08/2026 … Sanjeev Bhaskar has told how ‘creepy’ Jimmy Savile was rejected as a guest on The Kumars At No 42 before his crimes became public knowledge He…