Comedy festival charges straight, white men more
26/02/2016 … •'I'm 23 per cent gay.
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Fri 26 February 2016
Steve Coogan banned from driving
Clocked at 54mph in a 30mph zone
26/02/2016 … Steve Coogan has been banned from driving after being caught speeding.
Thu 25 February 2016
Student award: Who's your Lincoln favourite?
25/02/2016 … Polls have now opened for the People's Choice award for the Lincoln heat of the Chortle Student Comedy Award.
Eddie Izzard stands for Labour's NEC
'I will stand up for ordinary people'
25/02/2016 … <p> Eddie Izzard is standing for a place on Labour’s ruling executive.
Free Edinburgh venue falls to Gilded Balloon
'Big 4' venue expands into Counting House
25/02/2016 … Edinburgh’s Counting House pub is to be part of the Gilded Balloon complex at this year's Fringe, after nine years of being a free venue.
House, plaque; plaque, house
25/02/2016 … Tommy Cooper is to be honoured with a blue plaque at his West London home.
Wed 24 February 2016
Baconface gets his own radio show
24/02/2016 … Stewart Lee's 'inspiration', Baconface, is to present his own radio show.
A show of Hans: Teeuwen returns to the UK
24/02/2016 … DUTCH comedian Hans Teeuwen is to return to the UK this autumn for his first tour in six year.