© Matt Holyoak Jimmy Carr: Teach stand-up in schools
'It’s more relevant than music'
17/10/2023 … Jimmy Carr thinks stand-up should be taught in schools.
Tue 17 October 2023
© Matt Holyoak 
Katherine Ryan: I don't know if I'd go to my own parents' funeral
...and she hopes to die under the knife, like Joan Rivers
17/10/2023 … Katherine Ryan has said she might not attend her parents’ funeral because she ‘doesn’t really believe in the concept’ of the ceremony.
Mon 16 October 2023
Masie Adam recalls her disastrous appearance on The Chase
...and how Paul Sinha remembered it
16/10/2023 … Maisie Adam has spoken about how she appeared on The Chase as a student – and did so badly Paul Sinha still remembered it when they ran into each other…
Brendon Burns appeals for help as he heads back to rehab
Comic launches crowdfunding campaign
16/10/2023 … Brendon Burns has launched a crowdfunding appeal to put himself through rehab.
Ricky Gervais: Armageddon at Wembley Arena
16/10/2023 … Quite a popular school of thought these days is how ‘you can’t say anything any more’.
They can’t stop you reading this article, whoever they are
16/10/2023 … Exactly 40 years ago, in October 1983, I moved to London and began writing topical jokes and sketches for BBC radio.
First tour for Jake Lambert
23 dates scattered across 2024
16/10/2023 … Jake Lambert is going on his first national tour In the show, the comedian talk about ‘trying to navigate his way through everyday life, why he has a fear…
Knock Knock
Review of four TikTokers turning their hand to stand-up
16/10/2023 … The idea of a night full ofTikTok comedians is not the sort of thing to fill a stand-up purist’s heart with glee.