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.
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Thu 25 February 2016
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.
Is this the UK's most prolific joke thief?
The Tory who's ten times worse than Keith Chegwin
24/02/2016 … The former leader of young Conservatives in Wales is selling comedians’ jokes without their knowledge.
Tue 23 February 2016
Eddie Izzard completes his first marathon
23/02/2016 … Eddie Izzard has completed the first of the 27 marathons he is running in South Africa.
Radio 4's answer to John Oliver?
Andrew Maxwell pilots in-depth satire show
23/02/2016 … Andrew Maxwell has landed a late-night, topical news pilot for Radio 4.