Thu 25 February 2016
House, plaque; plaque, house
25/02/2016 … Tommy Cooper is to be honoured with a blue plaque at his West London home.
Free Edinburgh venue falls to Gilded Balloon
'Big 4' venue expands into Counting House
25/02/2016 … Edinburgh’s Counting House pub is to be part of the Gilded Balloon complex at this year's Fringe, after nine years of being a free venue.
Eddie Izzard stands for Labour's NEC
'I will stand up for ordinary people'
25/02/2016 … <p> Eddie Izzard is standing for a place on Labour’s ruling executive.
'The benchmark for black British comedy'
Dane Baptiste chooses his Perfect Playlist
25/02/2016 … Chappelle's Show: Charlie Murphy True Hollywood StoriesWith the bulk of television being voyeuristic formats for celebrity, this hilarious sketch strand did it amazingly,…
The science of comedy
Dean Burnett looks at what we know
25/02/2016 … Where does humour and laughter come from in the brain? It’s a good question, but not one that has a simple answer.
Student award: Who's your Lincoln favourite?
25/02/2016 … Polls have now opened for the People's Choice award for the Lincoln heat of the Chortle Student Comedy Award.
Wed 24 February 2016
Baconface gets his own radio show
24/02/2016 … Stewart Lee's 'inspiration', Baconface, is to present his own radio show.