11 January 1953 – 2 November 2020The novelist recalls his friend, the actor and joyful comedian who suffered badly from stage fright and was too shy to publish his own storiesLynn Shelton remembered by Mark DuplassRead the Observer’s obituaries of 2020…
Continue ReadingNetflixPuncturing his country’s national stereotypes stays just the right side of charming in Eldjárn’s twinkly routine‘First Icelandic standup on Netflix” may be as hollow a claim as “the most Nobel prize-winners in the world per capita” – a compatrio…
Continue ReadingNetflixPuncturing his country’s national stereotypes stays just the right side of charming in Eldjárn’s twinkly routine‘First Icelandic standup on Netflix” may be as hollow a claim as “the most Nobel prize-winners in the world per capita” – a compatrio…
Continue ReadingNatalie Palamides’s drag king show remains both raucous and subtle, as it explores grey areas around consentThere can be sacrifices when live comedy transfers to TV – and I expected them with Natalie Palamides’ hot-button anarcho-clown show Nate. But s…
Continue ReadingNatalie Palamides’s drag king show remains both raucous and subtle, as it explores grey areas around consentThere can be sacrifices when live comedy transfers to TV – and I expected them with Natalie Palamides’ hot-button anarcho-clown show Nate. But s…
Continue ReadingThe comic has dazzled viewers with his dancing skills. He explains how he has used lockdown to learn exotic musical instruments, how the arts are being devastated by the pandemic, and why we’re all sick of ‘jackanape’ politiciansBill Bailey is not sitt…
Continue ReadingThe comic has dazzled viewers with his dancing skills. He explains how he has used lockdown to learn exotic musical instruments, how the arts are being devastated by the pandemic, and why we’re all sick of ‘jackanape’ politiciansBill Bailey is not sitt…
Continue ReadingShe was living on beans. Now she’s in LA writing Ms Marvel, the eagerly awaited TV series starring MCU’s first Muslim superhero. The writer talks about joyriding premiers and how to silence trollsBefore she became a Marvel screenwriter, Bisha K Ali was…
Continue ReadingAs he publishes a moving memoir, the comedian and Bake Off contestant tormentor talks about homophobic heckles, still living with his parents – and why he’s never been in loveIn a deserted office overlooking the Thames, Tom Allen is admiring the view. …
Continue ReadingFollowing yesterday’s roundup of music, games, books, TV, dance and visual art, our critics continue their picks of culture to lift the spirits during tough timesCulture to cheer you up: part oneBringing Up Baby (1938) Here is the classic screwball com…
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