You see, as well as researching, editing, introducing and performing history books, I do actually read a few for pleasure from time to time – particularly if written by someone I have personally spent quality time with, who I happened to like rather a lot. And extra-specially if they happen to be a global comedy God.…
TERRY: There Goes Another One…
We need a word to encapsulate this sense of deep sadness at losing someone so wonderful, while being simultaneously grateful that they have finally been freed from such suffering. For the loquacious and passionate Terry Jones to be closed in on himself with dementia was a particularly cruel fate, and so there's a feeling of…
BATH COMEDY FESTIVAL 2015: The Party’s Over
Waking up on Bank Holiday Monday after a week of frenetic activity for the Bath Comedy Festival has felt a little like being Wile E. Coyote several yards over a cliff edge, with no ground beneath. Back to the workaday author's world, of staring at email Sent boxes lighting candles and praying to the God…
BATH COMEDY FESTIVAL 2015
The Bath Comedy Festival originally took me by surprise, when it kicked off several years ago. For a while, I felt like I was the only person in the city running any kind of local comedy scene, with The Unrelated Family sketch shows (there was Mirth Control, but this tended to be very catholic stand-up…
