I saw John Hegley at Just So Festival in August this year, performing to a crowd of parents and young children. It had the potential to be a difficult gig. There were at least 200 children, sitting down, standing up, running...
Read MoreAnd so Edinburgh shrugs off its sequins and takes in the bunting as the Fringe comes to end once more. It’s always a weird feeling on the last day; suddenly redundant show posters hanging by their corners and flyers...
Read MoreIn the row in front is a studious looking teenager sandwiched between middle-aged mum and dad. At every mention of penis, venereal disease and the Chinese in songs played to fill time while we wait for transmission from...
Read MoreLucy Porter has come far since the days when she lived in Chorlton-cum-Hardy and worked for Granada on This Morning with Richard and Judy. She’s come even further since the years she spent growing up in Croydon as a...
Read MoreI first spoke to Mike Pennington over the phone on my first day as comedy editor at Manchester’s late, lamented what’s on guide, CityLife. I was getting to grips with the comedy listings and in those days, in among...
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