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Arts feature

How capitalism killed sleep

7 December 2019

9:00 AM

7 December 2019

9:00 AM

What can you make a joke about these days? All the old butts of humour are off limits. No wonder the top ten jokes at the Edinburgh Fringe are starting to sound as though they were banged out in a cracker factory. But this one, from Ross Smith, did make me laugh: ‘Sleep is my favourite thing in the world.

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