Comedy Crisis? What Comedy Crisis? Russell Howard has just announced a World Tour for 2014 taking in four nights at the Royal Albert Hall, which is certainly classier than the O2 Arena. Here is an... more
Interviews
Julian Clary starts his new live tour, Position Vacant, this weekend. Details here. This interview, first published in The Times, dates from his last tour, Lord of the Mince, but, as you can tell... more
Update 6/5/13 – Russell Brand has just been added to the line-up of the annual C4 Comedy Gala in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital at the O2 Arena on May 18. Ticket details here.Another week,... more
This article that first appeared in The Times in January 2012 coincided with Sarah Solemani's appearance in the stage play The House Of Bernarda Alba, which was a bit of a U-turn after the grubbily... more
8/12/18: Kevin Eldon is on Pointless Celebrities on BBC One. Here's some background. I recently interviewed the legendary Kevin Eldon for the Guardian to tie in with his eagerly anticipated... more
Steve Coogan is Bafta-nominated for Best Male Performance in a Comedy Programme for Welcome to the Places of My Life, Sky's revival of the Alan Partridge franchise. Coogan's career is a... more
I've interviewed king of the grumblers Jack Dee a few times and, surprise, surprise, he is always much more cheerful in a one-to-one than he is onstage. Like Alan Davies he started out in the... more
It's amazing what you can find when you go rummaging around in your cellar. This feature on Richard Herring and Stewart Lee appeared in Vox (a monthly magazine from the NME's publishers) in May 1995... more
When I decided to republish this interview with Harry Hill that appeared in The Times in October 2004 I was torn between running old or new pictures of the former GP. In the end it barely matters.... more
Louis CK plays the O2 Arena on March 20 and two shows at the Hammersmith Apollo on March 21. You can buy tickets here. That is a hell of a jump from 2008 when I interviewed him for The Times. Back... more
