Since my life now consists only of childcare and displacement activity, it is not easy to get my attention. I will either be smoking, banging one out in the bathroom or changing a nappy. But this Facebook campaign and petition by the actor Lucy Holmes certainly broke through...

I like a bit of human misery, me.

There's nothing like a bad time to boost the semantic cornucopia of the English language. I mean, it's believed that two thirds of the idioms, sayings and phrases in popular use today come from just three sources - the Bible, the works...

I only ever go to a gym when I'm at the Fringe. To be honest I think I go for the same reasons I go to the Fringe. I know it's not going to be fun. I know I'll be counting down the minutes until I can leave....

You know what's lacking at this here Festival Fringe? Forgiveness. That's what. Good old-fashioned, out-of-style, ridiculous, uncynical, dare-I-say "Christian" forgiveness.
I read a review lately for David Whitney; in this year's show he addresses his head butting an audience member some Fringes ago. The reviewer begins by saying they...

It's well-known that comedians are liars. A story's at its funniest when it's been exaggerated out of all human proportion. Of course, all my onstage stories are true (see first sentence); it's offstage that I'm the biggest liar. If I see something I don't much care for I will say...

It's all about stamina, isn't it? Because the Fringe is a tiring thing. Being a comedian is a tiring thing. Even (or especially) with all the people, it's a lonely, lonely, tiring thing. It's like standing in the middle of a see-saw, rocking both ends, seeing how long...

If the film Groundhog Day had never been made, I wonder what we performers would compare the Fringe experience to. After week two you hear someone mention Groundhog Day every day, which is in itself a bit like Groundhog Day. This is why they never made Groundhog Day...