The wit and wisdom of Russell Brand
Quotes from his 'unreadable' new book
29/05/2026 … Amusing as it would be to leave this page entirely blank, instead we thought we’d let Russell Brand’s words speak for themselves.
Fri 29 May 2026
Daniel Kitson announces his first 'proper' tour in more than a decade
Thrum will kick off at the Edinburgh Fringe
29/05/2026 … Daniel Kitson has announced his first ‘substantial’ tour in well over a decade.
© PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo Russell Brand winds down his UK company
Assets written down from £13m to £3m
29/05/2026 … The value of assets held by Russell Brand's UK company has plummeted as the comedian prepares to wind it down.
© Vandamm Studio, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Harpo Speaks! On a newly discovered recording
Marx Brother narrates Peter And The Wolf
29/05/2026 … He was, famously, the Marx Brother who never spoke.
© Gilded Balloon Gilded Balloon launches support fund for performers
29/05/2026 … Edinburgh’s Gilded Balloon has launched a fund to help comedians who struggle to afford the cost of performing at the Fringe, with the first donation coming…
© BBC Stephen Fry reunites with QI
To make walking tours of London
29/05/2026 … Stephen Fry has recorded two walking tours of London put together by the QI researchers.
Making Amends
29/05/2026 … In an emotional scene, a son (Jeremy Culhane) visits his estranged father (James Austin Johnson) in hospital.
Rosie Jones makes another Disability Comedy Extravaganza
29/05/2026 … A new episode of Rosie Jones’s Disability Comedy Extravaganza has been released by UKTV.