The Loon Under Laughter
By Dan Hough, with apologies to George Orwell
14/07/2025 … My favourite comedy open-mic, the Loon Under Laughter, is only two minutes from a train station, but it is on a side-street, and drunks and rowdies never seem to…
Mon 14 July 2025
Their careers are history...
Ten Edinburgh Fringe shows with an eye on the past
14/07/2025 … With the present such a dumpster fire, is it any surprise some comedians are looking to the past for inspiration? Here are ten of them heading to the Edimburgh Fringe.
Gilded Balloon relaunches Postcode Pals
Cheap tickets for Edinburgh residents
14/07/2025 … Edinburgh Fringe venue Gilded Balloon has launched its Postcode Pals scheme for a second year, offering local residents discounted festival tickets.
'This is me looking back at the mess and trying to make sense of it'
Meet Chortle Hotshot Liam Tulley
14/07/2025 … Earlier this year, Chortle selected five Hotshots from a series of gigs around the country.
'I’ve never seen anyone use ketchup so artfully'
Christopher MacArthur-Boyd stars in pop video
14/07/2025 … Comedians Christopher MacArthur-Boyd and Amelia Bayler star in the new video from Glasgow band Former Champ.
Superman's public defender
14/07/2025 … Could Superman afford the best lawyers money could buy? Probably not on a newspaper reporter's salary.
Sun 13 July 2025
Ash Atalla: I was expected to die
Comedy producer on his childhood polio, and letting Ricky Gervais joke about his disability
13/07/2025 … Ash Atalla has told of the difficulties for him and his family after a childhood bout of polio left him unable to walk.
'They’re miserable and horrible and bitchy...'
Eric Idle rails against his Monty Python colleagues
13/07/2025 … Eric Idle has launched another broadside against his Monty Python colleagues, saying they were ungrateful for the millions he has earned them.