Comic Alistair Green on his middle England satire: ‘I don’t want to be really mean’

From foul-mouthed ad spoofs to reading Fifty Shades to his gran, the ‘front-facing camera comic’ has become a legend in his own living roomEven if he wanted to, Alistair Green can’t redecorate his living room. The plain white walls that backdrop the co…

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Comic Alistair Green on his middle England satire: ‘I don’t want to be really mean’

From foul-mouthed ad spoofs to reading Fifty Shades to his gran, the ‘front-facing camera comic’ has become a legend in his own living roomEven if he wanted to, Alistair Green can’t redecorate his living room. The plain white walls that backdrop the co…

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Edinburgh festival kicks off – in pictures

Photographer Murdo MacLeod has been photographing rehearsals and preparations for this year’s much-reduced programme of the Edinburgh festival, which opened on Saturday Continue reading…

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Peter Kay gets standing ovation on return to stage at charity gig

Comedian tells live Q&A in Manchester that comeback is ‘like getting in a hot bath’ Returning to the stage is like “getting in a hot bath”, Peter Kay said at a special charity gig.The Bolton-born comic received a standing ovation as he appeared on…

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Edinburgh Fringe returns with mix of in-person and online shows

Festival is part of world’s largest annual arts season which has been forced to curtail events due to CovidThe Edinburgh festival Fringe returns this weekend with a hybrid programme of nearly 800 in-person and online shows after its cancellation last y…

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Middle Eastern stand-ups: ‘People assume we only do terrorist jokes’

Tired of racism on the comedy scene, Jenan Younis started her own night Weapons of Mass Hilarity – where gags about body hair and Farsi aboundEvery comedian expects rejection when they’re starting out. But an email mix-up convinced Jenan Younis that he…

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Middle Eastern stand-ups: ‘People assume we only do terrorist jokes’

Tired of racism on the comedy scene, Jenan Younis started her own night Weapons of Mass Hilarity – where gags about body hair and Farsi aboundEvery comedian expects rejection when they’re starting out. But an email mix-up convinced Jenan Younis that he…

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Camels, clowns and sex education: what to see at Edinburgh fringe 2021

The festival has shrunk because of Covid but there are plenty of shows in person and online this summer – here’s our pick of the first to be announcedSex Education Xplorers (S.E.X.)What did they miss out in your sex ed at school? Mamoru Iriguchi fills …

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Alan Partridge takes the stage with a Stratagem to heal Britain

Steve Coogan’s blazered broadcaster promises to bring a touch of TV evangelism and hatred of speed bumps on tour next year in venues across post-Brexit UKAlan Partridge is to embark on a UK arena tour to heal a “scissored isle” that is less united than…

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Alan Partridge takes the stage with a Stratagem to heal Britain

Steve Coogan’s blazered broadcaster promises to bring a touch of TV evangelism and hatred of speed bumps on tour next year in venues across post-Brexit UKAlan Partridge is to embark on a UK arena tour to heal a “scissored isle” that is less united than…

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