
Under The Microscope: My Life, By Dave Spikey
01/12/2010 … As warm and uncomplicated as his stage act, Dave Spikey’s memoirs are a breezy read, but though they are frequently entertaining, they are just as often frustrating…
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01/12/2010 … As warm and uncomplicated as his stage act, Dave Spikey’s memoirs are a breezy read, but though they are frequently entertaining, they are just as often frustrating…
03/11/2010 … On one episode of the Frost Report – the Sixties TV show that first brought Ronnie Barker together with Ronnie Corbett – David Frost signed off with a weak…
16/10/2010 … Say what you like about Michael McIntyre – and his many detractors already have – but he has got a very keen sense of what works; of what will play well with…
08/10/2010 … Russell Brand’s a man who’s addicted to excess… whether it be heroin, women – or adjectives.
14/09/2010 … ‘I’m not writing this book to share wisdom or to inspire people,’ says Sarah Silverman in the introduction to her memoirs.
31/08/2010 … You know your place in comedy when you’re replaced by a dog – only to discover the new act is better received than you ever were.
06/08/2010 … On the face of it, Stewart Lee’s first non-fiction book seems little more than a print version of a DVD commentary.
04/08/2010 … The title might be obtuse, but it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that Brendon Burns is evoking the spirit of Hunter S Thompson with his debut book.
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