Comedy

Rosie Jones: ‘My disability benefits have been cut – but I’m one of the lucky ones’
TV

Rosie Jones: ‘My disability benefits have been cut – but I’m one of the lucky ones’

Rosie Jones expected the themes of her sitcom to be out of date once the Tories left government. So far she needn’t have worried

St Denis Medical star Wendi McLendon-Covey: ‘Lounging seats in movie theatres is a big mistake’
TV

St Denis Medical star Wendi McLendon-Covey: ‘Lounging seats in movie theatres is a big mistake’

St Denis Medical, set in a struggling Oregon hospital, shows how comedy can help in tough times

Why is new Tina Fey comedy The Four Seasons so toothless?
Lucy Sweet

Why is new Tina Fey comedy The Four Seasons so toothless?

These friends, who were all over 50 and had known each other for years, had energy, good hair and kept saying how much they loved each other. As if!

Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes review – provocative and absurd
Books

Calls May be Recorded for Training and Monitoring Purposes review – provocative and absurd

Flight of the Conchords star Rhys Darby: ‘My biggest failure? I’m yet to fail’
Big Questions

Flight of the Conchords star Rhys Darby: ‘My biggest failure? I’m yet to fail’

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The Change star Bridget Christie: ‘You’ve got to make a real effort to evolve when you get to 50’
Letter To My Younger Self

The Change star Bridget Christie: ‘You’ve got to make a real effort to evolve when you get to 50’

Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe: ‘Wonky Donkey is one of the best TV segments of all time’
Big Questions

Ghosts star Kiell Smith-Bynoe: ‘Wonky Donkey is one of the best TV segments of all time’

Brits are uncomfortable talking about money and debt. Can comedy change that?
money

Brits are uncomfortable talking about money and debt. Can comedy change that?

The Change’s Bridget Christie: ‘I see women everywhere with potential but they face horrific violence’
TV

The Change’s Bridget Christie: ‘I see women everywhere with potential but they face horrific violence’

BBC’s Crongton is a ‘celebration of Alex Wheatle’s incredible life and powerful stories’
TV

BBC’s Crongton is a ‘celebration of Alex Wheatle’s incredible life and powerful stories’

40 years since it started, what’s the point of Comic Relief?
Samir Patel

40 years since it started, what’s the point of Comic Relief?

Writer and comedian Mark Steel: ‘Doing my car tax was more stressful than having cancer’
Letter to my younger self

Writer and comedian Mark Steel: ‘Doing my car tax was more stressful than having cancer’

This frontman of a Glaswegian sci-fi punk-rock band is turning the rock star memoir on its head
Music

This frontman of a Glaswegian sci-fi punk-rock band is turning the rock star memoir on its head

Fats Timbo: ‘It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I’m going to change the world’
Disability activism

Fats Timbo: ‘It was hard growing up with dwarfism – but I’m going to change the world’

Top 5 comic novels, chosen by comedy screenwriter James Alistair Henry
Books

Top 5 comic novels, chosen by comedy screenwriter James Alistair Henry

I went to Leicester to punch melons and tomatoes for science. No, seriously
Robin Ince

I went to Leicester to punch melons and tomatoes for science. No, seriously

The Last Laugh: Why there’s such nostalgia for the funny men who brought the nation together
Theatre

The Last Laugh: Why there’s such nostalgia for the funny men who brought the nation together

Amandaland skewers parenting with uncanny accuracy – it should come with a trigger warning
Lucy Sweet

Amandaland skewers parenting with uncanny accuracy – it should come with a trigger warning

Edinburgh Fringe should be a place for artists to grow – but working class people are priced out
Robin Ince

Edinburgh Fringe should be a place for artists to grow – but working class people are priced out

Comedian James Acaster: ‘I am not an alpha male’
Comedy

Comedian James Acaster: ‘I am not an alpha male’

Philomena Cunk: ‘Oasis? You may as well just watch it on YouTube and throw lager at yourself’
My Big Year

Philomena Cunk: ‘Oasis? You may as well just watch it on YouTube and throw lager at yourself’

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This man wasn’t ready to say goodbye to his dead cat. So he resurrected him as an AI robot
Artificial Intelligence

This man wasn’t ready to say goodbye to his dead cat. So he resurrected him as an AI robot

Chris McCausland: ‘I’d tell my younger self he’s going to sit on the same toilets as his heroes’
Letter To My Younger Self

Chris McCausland: ‘I’d tell my younger self he’s going to sit on the same toilets as his heroes’

How I survived a giant crab attack
Robin Ince

How I survived a giant crab attack

Comedian Kate McKinnon: ‘Being yourself is harder than it sounds’
Culture

Comedian Kate McKinnon: ‘Being yourself is harder than it sounds’