Rob Beckett: My worst corporate gig
...and how he never met middle-class people until he went to the Edinburgh Fringe
15/10/2021 … Rob Beckett says he hadn’t met any middle-class people until he went to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Fri 15 October 2021
How to check if your spaghetti is cooked...
15/10/2021 … Tweets of the week forgot the word for toothpaste and called it bone shampoo — Village of the Adamned (@Browtweaten) October 8, 2021 Squid Game…
© Jaimie Gramston 'This is an accent, not a speech impediment!’
Billy Connolly's frustration at his dictation software
15/10/2021 … Billy Connolly has told of his troubles writing his new autobiography – because the dictation software he uses cannot understand his Glaswegian accent, The…
Thu 14 October 2021
© BBC The one line Malcolm Tucker wasn't allowed to say...
As Armando Iannucci once recalled
14/10/2021 … A timely story from The Thick Of It comes courtesy of the Popbitch newsletter tonight.
Tue 12 October 2021
© UKTV Lucy Beaumont: My bizarre first date with Jon Richardson
Her pal said 'he must be a psychopath'
12/10/2021 … Lucy Beaumont has revealed the moment she met husband-to-be Jon Richardson.
Sat 09 October 2021
Ten times the money for one tenth the laughs
Michael McIntyre on corporate and private gigs
09/10/2021 … Michael McIntyre has revealed some of the odder - and most lucrative - corporate and private gigs he has been asked to perform.
Fri 08 October 2021
© nataliej/CC BY-SA 2.0 Why life is like a box of chocolates
08/10/2021 … Quote of the week ‘I don’t want anyone to come to my show and feel more educated afterwards’ Emily Atack Tweets of the week Gonna start…
Thu 07 October 2021
© James Gilham Katherine Ryan: I'm sorry for slut-shaming
Comic tracked down women after her partner cheated on her
07/10/2021 … Katherine Ryan has revealed that when a former partner repeatedly cheated on her she tracked down the women involved and ‘slut-shamed’ them.