A local honour for a local person
Steve Pemberton becomes an honorary fellow of the University of Central Lancashir
12/07/2024 … Steve Pemberton has been given an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Central Lancashire.
Fri 12 July 2024
Thu 11 July 2024
Ed Byrne: How a rude barman made me famous in New Zealand
Comic was threatened with a lawsuit for talking about him
11/07/2024 … Ed Byrne has credited his success in New Zealand to a surly barman who threatened to sue the comic for calling him rude on stage.
© Cecile van Straten from Manila, Philippines (Nigella pic) cc-by-sa 2.0 When Nigella Lawson hit on Elliot Steel
11/07/2024 … She mat be 24 years his senior – but that didn’t stop Nigella Lawson making a pass at comedian Elliot Steel when he was still a teenager.
Tue 09 July 2024
© BBC I'm definitely Bob Mortimer... would I lie to you?
Comic's image used in Tinder catfishing scam
09/07/2024 … Bob Mortimer has got inadvertently caught up in an dating app catfishing scam.
Mon 08 July 2024
The one concession Shaun Of The Dead made for Americans
Simon Pegg reveals he tweaked one line in the script
08/07/2024 … Shaun Of The Dead is a quintessentially British horror-comedy but Simon Pegg has revealed he and director Edgar Wright made one concession to to American…
Sat 06 July 2024
© Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons I’ll always recognise a bit of Beethoven
06/07/2024 … Tweets of the week I’m going to put a twitter in a box today (I refuse to call it X).
Wed 03 July 2024
Don't let me stop you voting!
Ed Byrne delays his show to give fans time to get to the ballot box
03/07/2024 … Ed Byrne is starting his tour show half an hour later tomorrow night, to give fans more time to vote.
Tue 02 July 2024
© Ulster University That's DOCTOR Patrick Kielty
Comedian gets honorary degree from Ulster
02/07/2024 … Patrick Kielty has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Ulster University for his outstanding contribution to the arts.