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Always Worth Saying’s Christmas Comedy Club Review

30th December 2022 Always Worth Saying 0

In a hyper-competitive media world of streaming, multi-channel TV, high-quality witty blogs and the internet, a unique entertainment selling point is more important than ever. But is it wise for a comedian to boast that [more…]

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Film Review: Withnail & I

8th December 2020 Going Postal 0

Withnail & I (1987) is a masterpiece of British dark-comic satire written and directed by actor, novelist, and screenwriter Bruce Robinson, who went on to write and direct How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989), [more…]

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Filth!

19th October 2020 Always Worth Saying 0

Nothing spoils a joke more than having to explain it. There are six rules of humour. No there aren’t, there are eleven types of comedy. That’s not true, there are nine ways to make people [more…]

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Ben Elton

9th October 2019 Going Postal 0

I used to enjoy Ben Elton – for The Young Ones, and two of his jokes I still can remember.  I even bought his first book, ‘Stark’. He’s making a comeback stand-up tour, I gather.  [more…]

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This Septic Eye, Ch 9

8th May 2018 Viciousbutfair 0

You probably know the classic vegan joke, why did the vegan cross the road? The answer is, of course, to tell you that they are a vegan. Yet there is so often truth in jest, [more…]

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This Septic Eye, Ch 7

24th April 2018 Viciousbutfair 0

I love to eavesdrop, I’ve mentioned this in previous posts and it’s not a creepy thing, it’s just that when people are ‘off duty’, when they are talking to friends without the filter of society’s [more…]

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On the Fringe at The Fringe

12th September 2017 Katabasis 0

After an absence of six years I finally returned for my annual Edinburgh Fringe holiday. In the past I went religiously every year prior to taking on my doctorate and whilst I missed going for [more…]

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