Stand-up comedy
Welder, banjo player, comedian, actor, and now artist – Billy Connolly interviewed
William Cook talks to Billy Connolly – welder, banjo player, comedian, actor, and now artist – about growing up in Glasgow, ditching the mike stand and living with Parkinson’s
How did Richard Herring become the comedy podcast king?
What does it mean to be a successful comic? Richard Herring isn’t sure. He’s been a ‘professional funnyman’ for nearly…
Send in the clowns - how comedy ate British politics
Why has politics turned into stand-up?
Rhubarb has the loveliest, craziest dining room I have ever seen
The Edinburgh Fringe Festival: the city is full of glassy-eyed narcissists eating haggis pizza off flyers that say Michael Gove:…
John Bishop interview: ‘My dream was to be Steven Gerrard, but he got there first’
Stand-up comedian John Bishop tells Matthew Stadlen about the depression that triggered his career
The talent and tragedy of Richard Pryor
The troubles of Richard Pryor’s life are well known — from his childhood in a brothel to his self-immolation via…
The comedy club theory of dictatorship
The comedy club theory of dictatorship
