Childish Things 6 at New Theatre Oxford last week was fabulous. Jeremy Clarkson was in the audience and told me he thought I was hilarious. I have not been a fan of Jeremy’s (can I call you Jez?) in the past but I now think he is indeed a great man and holds some fascinating [...]
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The election hasn’t even started yet and I’m losing enthusiasm. I say this as a man who is usually enthusiastic, and yet still quite badly informed about politics – a sort of male Carol Vordermann on Question Time but not a woman and definitely not so Daily Mail.
What’s really getting to me are these earnest [...]
This last weekend at the Comedy Store in London was one of the most enjoyable that I’ve had in a long time. Obviously all weekends at the Comedy Store are great (I wonder if Don reads this) but this one was particularly brilliant.
It wasn’t that I had fantastic shows particularly (although I did enjoy all [...]
Unlikely as it may seem, I’m a massive rugby fan. Watching England throw away decent winning opportunities is the perfect way for me to unleash my inner Hulk – or, as I call him, The Halk.
On Monday, as part of our wedding anniversary celebrations, Dawn (my wife), her cousin Caroline and her husband Alan (who [...]
Jason Wood, one of the loveliest people on the comedy circuit, died in his sleep last weekend. He was 38. I know there are jokes about people being unrealistically nice about someone who’s recently died but in Jason’s case it really is true. I helped write and perform some video sketches for his Edinburgh show [...]
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