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Tom Slater

Jokes are not violence – this is violence Free Speech

Jokes are not violence – this is violence

4th May 2022

Simon Evans

<em>Rising Damp</em> was more than a sitcom Culture

Rising Damp was more than a sitcom

26th April 2022

Simon Evans

Gilbert Gottfried and the greatest joke ever told Culture

Gilbert Gottfried and the greatest joke ever told

14th April 2022

Simon Evans

The sad demise of Jon Stewart Culture

The sad demise of Jon Stewart

7th April 2022

Simon Evans

Why Will Smith’s slap is bad news for stand-up Culture

Why Will Smith’s slap is bad news for stand-up

28th March 2022

Felix Ponsford-Wise

Why Will Smith slapping Chris Rock proves my point… Culture

Why Will Smith slapping Chris Rock proves my point…

28th March 2022

Simon Evans

Zelenksy puts the rest of us comics to shame World

Zelenksy puts the rest of us comics to shame

10th March 2022

Simon Evans

The immortal PJ O’Rourke Culture

The immortal PJ O’Rourke

16th February 2022

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Cancel culture comes for Jimmy Carr Podcasts

Cancel culture comes for Jimmy Carr

11th February 2022

Simon Evans

Jimmy Carr must be free to say the unsayable Free Speech

Jimmy Carr must be free to say the unsayable

10th February 2022

Leo Kearse

Of course Jimmy Carr was joking Free Speech

Of course Jimmy Carr was joking

6th February 2022

Alex Cameron

Why critics love to loathe <em>After Life</em> Culture

Why critics love to loathe After Life

3rd February 2022

Julie Burchill

Meet the Grumpy Old Woke Bros Politics

Meet the Grumpy Old Woke Bros

3rd February 2022

Simon Evans

The hysteria about ‘right-wing comedy’ Culture

The hysteria about ‘right-wing comedy’

29th January 2022

Simon Evans

Barry Cryer: an incomparable comic Culture

Barry Cryer: an incomparable comic

27th January 2022

Philip Patrick

How <em>Viz</em> lost its teeth Books

How Viz lost its teeth

11th January 2022
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