It's that time of year again! Previous winners: TERRY JONES, PETER RICHARDSON, BARRY CRYER Now read on, dot dot dot... With the precedent set by Jones, Richardson and Cryer, it may well be that anyone who knows about the Bath Plug Award, which I created, and which it is my duty to dole out every…
THE FROOD ABIDES: H2G2 at 40
40 years ago today... I was entering my third trimester in my Mum's womb, and she certainly wasn't tuned in to Radio 4. But yes, Hitchhiker debuted, three days off Douglas Adams' 26th birthday – and tonight, it's back. 4 years ago today... well, not today, but 4 years ago... THE FROOD, Douglas Adams' official…
Rik at 60: Duh-Eh-Ah-Duh
HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY, would have been nice to say, RIK MAYALL! When Rik's final jog spoiled everything back in 2014, I wrote a blog all too soon, and was honoured to also provide a short Flashheart-themed obit for the BBC, but today seems an auspicious occasion to muse a bit more about missing The Late…
WHITE STRAIGHT MEN LIKE ME…
Happy Mithras, lovelies! WHITE STRAIGHT MEN LIKE ME SHOULD STFU – Download HERE. The sad thing about funding TWO books on Unbound in fewer than two years, is it becomes a lot harder to keep a personal blog going when you're having to blog literally every single week to get projects off the ground –…
SOUPY TWISTS! Fourth Bit
You will have heard by now the horrible news that I've apparently written a rather good book – so good, Unbound have delayed it until 2018 to try and give it maximum coverage. I'm thinking of becoming a security guard to survive until then. But for now, here's the latest digest of Soupy activity... 17)…
I Played Bloody GLASTONBURY!
I've been performing comedy since the turn of the millennium, and been a solo comedy cabaret minstrel specialising in absolute filth and Tory abuse for over a decade. But as you may have guessed – and as is probably wise – I have no intention of 'making it' as a performer whatsoever. I don't think…
Tales of Britain #1
It's time to come out of the scriptorium – yes, I am Brother Bernard. And my fifth book project, just launched on Unbound, is http://www.TalesofBritain.com. A lot of people have been kind enough to say that ToB is a fantastic idea. But it's more the case that it's a HORRIFIC idea that there's currently nothing…
Bath Plug Award 2017: BAZ!
Well, another Bath Comedy Festival tucks itself up in bed, and levity flies from the city once again for another year. This was a particularly light year for me, as my usual multiple duties mainly boiled down to just performing at Moles club on Sunday 9th, for this year's FUNNY NOISES: MY LOVELY HORSE! True, a…
SOUPY TWISTS! Third Bit
More updates on SOUPY TWISTS: Digested and excreted for your pervy pleasure! Now read on, dot dot dot… 9) Since You Have Been Kind Enough Never To Be Peter Sissons... Sirs and Madams, I am chastened and bowed – ever the men and women of affairs, you have reminded us all, ALL, of our duty. A Fry &…
UPDATE: HALLOWE’EN ON JEKYLL ISLAND
"Unless, of course, I’m absolutely entirely wrong, again." To be fair, it's still a remake – they just went with Brexit's 'DICKS ARE RUNNING EVERYTHING' finale instead.
Jem Roberts 