© Financial Times/CC BY-SA 2.0 ...and can you be funny and be taken seriously?
19/02/2018 … The idea of left-wing comedians being a powerful voice of ethical resistance is largely a myth.
And how it reinforces an 'us-and-them' society
19/02/2018 … The stereotype of a ‘Northern club comedian’ reinforces an ‘us-and-them’ society that serves to holds back working-class people.
© BBC But John Cleese's sitcom return divides critics
19/02/2018 … John Cleese’s first sitcom since Fawlty Towers has been a ratings hit.
New series Miss Holland from comic Eline Van Der Velden
19/02/2018 … The BBC has commissioned a new series in which Dutch comedian Eline Van Der Velden tries to understand Britishness.
Another venture in the Comedy Store's old home
19/02/2018 … A new comedy club is opening in the former central London home of the Comedy Store.
19/02/2018 … Josh Widdicombe reveals his Football Manager tactics in Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit tonight.
Comic sells Ovingdean Grange in Brighton
19/02/2018 … Steve Coogan has turned a reported £800,000 profit on his Brighton manor house.
© RTE 19/02/2018 … Comedian Bernard O’Shea was voted off Ireland’s Dancing With The Stars last night.
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