Archive for the ‘Comedy’ Category
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Top 10 comedy novels to give your friends (or yourself) this Christmas
16 Dec 2025TOP 10 COMEDY NOVELS Merriest season’s greetings. Are you only now getting round to buying presents? Or is it just…
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Not the Oscars
14 Mar 2023NOT THE OSCARS Excited about the Oscar winners? Don’t bother: get excited about Not the Oscars! The good movies that…
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Staggering Hubris by Josh Berry – review
08 Jul 2022STAGGERING HUBRIS You’re a staggeringly brilliant spad (special adviser) working in Downing Street in the early days of a new…
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Are you IC7 or maybe an angler?
07 Dec 2021ARE YOU IC7 OR AN ANGLER? So you come across a police cordon on your way from the tube station.…
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Please do not ask for mercy… – review
03 Nov 2021REVIEW: PLEASE DO NOT ASK FOR MERCY… AS A REFUSAL OFTEN OFFENDS BY PAUL BASSETT DAVIES If this review is…
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Reading and writing satire: Mightier than the sword?
24 Oct 2021READING AND WRITING SATIRE Satire is having a big moment. We have satirical novels winning the Mann Booker Prize, satirical…
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5 more things I learned from TV (and the movies)
17 Jun 2021LEARNED FROM TV Last week’s blog sparked some interesting responses. So many of you got back to me with what…
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10 things I learned from the movies and TV
26 May 202110 THINGS I LEARNED FROM THE MOVIES & TV We’ve all learned from the movies. Films and TV shows are…
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Alexei Sayle without the drunken lunches
13 May 2021ALEXEI SAYLE WITHOUT THE DRUNKEN LUNCHES In 2007, Channel 4 viewers voted Alexei Sayle the 18th greatest stand-up comic of…
