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.
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.
Meet Chortle Hotshot Liam Tulley
14/07/2025 … Earlier this year, Chortle selected five Hotshots from a series of gigs around the country.
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.
14/07/2025 … Could Superman afford the best lawyers money could buy? Probably not on a newspaper reporter's salary.
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.
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.
© Amazon Series two is already in the can
13/07/2025 … He is surely one of the reasons the first series of LOL: Last One Laughing was such a success.
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