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Archive for the ‘Comedy’ Category

  • Are you IC7 or maybe an angler?

    07 Dec 2021

    ARE 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 2021

    REVIEW: 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 2021

    READING 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 2021

    LEARNED 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 2021

    10 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 2021

    ALEXEI SAYLE WITHOUT THE DRUNKEN LUNCHES In 2007, Channel 4 viewers voted Alexei Sayle the 18th greatest stand-up comic of…

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  • Putting on the squeeze. Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen

    26 Feb 2021

    REVIEW: SQUEEZE ME BY CARL HIAASEN What’s a poor author to do? You write a comic novel that satirises the…

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  • Why I love writing thrillers

    27 Nov 2020

    WHY I LOVE WRITING THRILLERS My twice award-nominated noir thriller The Breaking of Liam Glass officially comes out in its…

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  • Breaking bad? Review of Graham Greene’s Travels with My Aunt

    30 Oct 2020

    REVIEW: TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT I’m very into re-reading at the moment (if you’re interested there’s a great article on…

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  • Everything is copy – review of Nora Ephron Collected

    15 May 2020

    NORA EPHRON COLLECTED I don’t know about you but I am a sucker for Nora Ephron’s screenplay for When Harry…

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