Old God
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
05/08/2025 … Alec Jones-Trujillo’s Old God flew under the radar at CC Blooms nightclub at last year’s Fringe – but somebody must have been paying attention…
Tue 05 August 2025
The trauma-dump as high art
John Tothill picks his comedy favourites
05/08/2025 … John Tothill is back at the Edinburgh Fringe – a year after his appendix burst while he was on stage at the festival.
Pedro Leandro: Soft Animal
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review
05/08/2025 … The top line of Pedro Leandro’s blurb is that he’s ‘a comedian who has famously been described as "magnetic" by the Guardian’.
© House of Commons/Roger Harris/CC BY-SA 3.0 MPs call for government to recognise comedy as an art
Move could unlock funding and other benefits
05/08/2025 … MPs are officially calling on the government to recognise live comedy as an art form in its own right.
Max Fulham talks to the ham
Ventriloquist at Chortle's Fast Fringe
05/08/2025 … Max Fulham shows off how his ventriloquism talents can come in useful in the real world, in this extract from his Edinburgh Fringe show.
Adam Buxton: Doing It Wrong
05/08/2025 … Here’s the video for Adam Buxton’s new song Doing It Wrong, about fears that any attempts to be good, get healthy or bring up children are inadequate.
Jimmy Carr's wealth swells by £3million
05/08/2025 … Jimmy Carr’s wealth grew by more than £3million last year, Companies House accounts reveal.
Mon 04 August 2025
The best and worst Fringe shows Rob Auton has seen
04/08/2025 … We asked some comedians to tell us what was the best and worst show they've ever seen at the Edinburgh Fringe.