Katherine Ryan: My dilemma at being asked to work with a sexual predator
Comic speaks out on Desert Island Discs
01/10/2023 … Katherine Ryan said she ‘wrestled with her conscience’ when asked to work with a ' 'dangerous comic' with a reputation for…
Sun 01 October 2023
Lucy Beaumont starts her first tour
As do Adam Rowe and Munya Chawawa in this week's live comedy picks
01/10/2023 … The best of the week's live comedy, picked from the 5,465 events Chortle currently has listed.
Billy Connolly reveals he's had 'serious falls’ because of Parkinson's
...and the worst part about giving up comedy
01/10/2023 … Billy Connolly has had a ‘couple of serious falls’ because of his Parkinson's, his wife Pamela Stephenson has said.
© Monumental Ghosts returns... for the final time
The week's best comedy on TV, radio and streaming
01/10/2023 … Our pick of the comedy on TV, radio and on demand this week…: Sunday October 1 DESERT ISLAND DISCS: Katherine Ryan is Lauren Laverne's…
Fri 29 September 2023
Been thinking of getting a Peloton, how good are they?
29/09/2023 … Posts of the week Adding VAT to private school fees is going to hurt some of the poorest rich people in the country.
Getting past Northern Irish immigration
29/09/2023 … Here's Foil Arms And Hog trying to get past Northern Irish immigration.
© Steve Ullathorne Funny Women final 2023
Gig review from the Bloomsbury Theatre, London
29/09/2023 … If the closing speeches at this year’s Funny Women awards were even longer and more self-congratulatory than usual, perhaps that can be forgiven.
There’s not an hour of stand-up that comes close to Richard Pryor
Archie Maddocks picks his comedy favourites
29/09/2023 … Comedian Archie Maddocks is leading a new half-term Skills Lab at the Soho Theatre for 16-19-year-olds wanting to get into comedy.