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The Truth is a slick, slight comedy of errants
4+ hour, 30+ min ago (35+ words) 50% off limited time offer Sunday 28 June 2026 The Truth is at Apollo, London W1; until 12 September The Misanthrope for an age of female rage Has Love Island finally given us the ick?...
John Robins: "Alcohol was more important to me than showi. ..
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (666+ words) Friday 8 May 2026 Portraits by Tom Pilston for The Observer The award-winning comedian and broadcaster John Robins was three when he downed the dregs from a can of Harp Lager. The curly-haired toddler on the cover of his new memoir, Thirst,…...
Look who's laughing now: how Saturday Night Live landed i. ..
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (335+ words) Friday 8 May 2026 "Almost immediately viewers witnessed the force of the show's young ensemble': the cast of SNL UK The legacy of London's illegal weed palace Annabel Marlow and Jack Shep in the Cabin sketch, where a hen-party goes awry In…...
The Observer Walk: John Robins: "Alcohol was more importa. ..
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (728+ words) Thursday 7 May 2026 Portraits by Tom Pilston for The Observer The award-winning comedian and broadcaster John Robins was three when he downed the dregs from a can of Harp Lager. The curly-haired toddler on the cover of his new memoir, Thirst,…...
Megan Stalter: "I believe in Jesus and I'm gay " people f. ..
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (316+ words) Saturday 2 May 2026 At 35, Stalter has become a bonafide modern celebrity famous for both mocking and delighting in celebrity culture. In her online comedy, her porcelain prettiness frequently cracks to reveal the character she's created has an ego the size of…...
Susannah Clapp: "How I became a'theatre critic
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (127+ words) 50% off limited time offer Friday 10 April 2026 I slipped sideways into becoming a theatre critic. As a child, I was stage-struck. I loved taking on the part of the little Christmas tree, got up in a sack with pine branches stuck…...
Scottish poet Kenneth White's dying wish to be denied aft. ..
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (522+ words) Saturday 28 March 2026 Blossom will by now be hanging over the low gable of the home of the late" poet and philosopher Kenneth White in Brittany. But nothing else about this house, named Gwenved, is certain any more. White's long-held plan…...
I woke up and there was a'centipede in my bed
3+ mon, 6+ day ago (754+ words) Saturday 21 March 2026 Portrait by Antonio Olmos "I'm a bit embarrassed," says Kirsten Campbell of the moment "she heard she'd won the 2025 Rachel Cooke graphic short story prize, "but I did not play it cool at all. I think I was…...
Conan O'Brien, the Oscars' host with a love of the absurd
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1023+ words) Monday 9 March 2026 When Conan O'Brien, the returning "MC at next week's Academy Awards, nervously started out as a talkshow host, the reviews were so bad that one critic suggested he should return to his previous identity, Conan O'Blivion. Instead he…...