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Dave Cohen holds his nose and steps over to the dark side
14/10/2012 … The imprisonment of Matthew Woods for putting sick jokes on Facebook, and the community service sentence given to Azhar Ahmed for saying ‘all soldiers should die…
Paul Martin expands his comedy listening
12/10/2012 … Being a tech head, I find most of my comedy fixes on the internet.
Lorcan Mullan joins the debate
10/10/2012 … Freedom of speech is a right that any democratic country prides itself upon and is usually one of the most prized and envied freedoms of any country under genuine…
Liam Mullone tests a vital freedom
09/10/2012 … Fuck this stupid country.
Spring Day on how to avoid comedy competition scams
08/10/2012 … All new comics want and need validation of their talent and ability to work and get paid.
Rob Deering gets all altruistic
05/10/2012 … Like many a comedian, I sometimes do gigs for charity; they’ll be for good causes, but the decision to do them is not altogether altruistic – often they’re…
Mike Sheer explains the article that caused such a storm
04/10/2012 … So now that I have everyone’s attention, I’ll just say it:Frequent visitors to sites like this are constantly bombarded with various articles debating whether…
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