Archive for the ‘Comedy’ Category
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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…
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Putting on the squeeze. Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen
26 Feb 2021REVIEW: 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 2020WHY I LOVE WRITING THRILLERS My twice award-nominated noir thriller The Breaking of Liam Glass officially comes out in its…
