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Why Steve Coogan is so much worse than Alan Partridge
3+ hour, 57+ min ago (1204+ words) Unlimited reading for "1 a month, for 3 months The comic-cum-activist is far more conceited, ignorant and lacking in self-awareness than his most famous creation. Coogan is a brilliant impressionist, with a very long list of credits. But there's only one part…...
The Adelaide Writers’ Festival: killed by hypocrisy and intolerance
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (352+ words) Unlimited reading for "1 a month, for 3 months Jacinda Ardern and the global cognoscenti only care about "free speech" when defending rabid haters of Israel. Abdel-Fattah has described the decision to rescind her invitation as a "shameless act of anti-Palestinian racism…...
The magical genius of Tom Stoppard
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (696+ words) The playwright has left us with some of the greatest plays " and gags " in the English language. Along with the silence and second-hand clothes that, as his Guildenstern reminds Rosencrantz, "death is, Sir Tom has left us a shelf of…...
A triumph for identity over talent at the Edinburgh Fringe
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (358+ words) How did a painfully unfunny transgender comic take home the Best Comedy Show award? Or perhaps not, judging by what I've seen of Nicoresti, although my own comedy is unlikely to fare better here. As the author EB White once…...
Sir Stephen Fry: court jester for the cultural elite
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (331+ words) This product of the 'alternative' comedy scene is now firmly ensconced in the establishment. This year, Fry received a knighthood. It was inevitable but perhaps later than he, and the rest of us, expected, given he has been acquainted with…...
Edinburgh’s shameful cancellation of Jewish comedians
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (197+ words) Rachel Creeger and Philip Simon were dropped by venues over "safety" concerns and pro-Israel social-media posts. Two Jewish comedians, Rachel Creeger and Philip Simon, had their Edinburgh Fringe Festival slots cancelled last week thanks to alleged "safety concerns". Simon was…...
Eddie Izzard’s delusions of gender
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (401+ words) His cross-dressing habit has elevated him to sacred-caste status. Let's start with an introduction to our dramatis personae. Kathleen Stock is a brilliant lesbian philosopher recognised for her contributions to aesthetics, the philosophy of fiction and imagination, and feminist philosophy....
London is not your safe space, Lena Dunham
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (155+ words) The Girls creator is the latest woke, whiny celeb to flee Trump's America for Blighty. God help us. Few things, for me, are as low-key amusing as the "comeback' of someone who I hadn't realised had ever been away. Take…...
Comedy audiences are rejecting the gender nonsense
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (750+ words) Richard Herring is the latest comedian to find out that audiences will no longer indulge biology denial. In poker, suckers are known as "fish. They dont know the odds, dont understand the dynamics of the game and push in their…...
Stewart Lee: regime comedian
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (998+ words) The post Stewart Lee: regime comedian appeared first on spiked. See Andrew Doyle live in London Don't miss our exclusive spiked supporters event. Stewart Lee: regime comedian He postures against Trump's "fascism' but refuses to speak out against Britain's woke…...