Edinburgh. Auld Reekie. Athens of the North. And home of the world's greatest arts festival. Where better for a hungry young stand-up, with a few gigs...

George Orwell wrote: "Every joke is a tiny revolution." He never had his one-liners rewritten by New Labour ministers, as I did. Not so much a revolut...

For Jimmy Mulville, life is sweet. The co-founder of Hat Trick Productions, one of British television's most influential movers and shakers, saw the p...

Jo Brand has landed herself in hot water after calling Streatham a ‘shithole’. The comedian was accused of doing ‘serious damage’ to the re...

Want to know how Quentin Tarantino went from small town nerd to multi-award winning millionaire filmmaker? Just watch the brilliant animation above. I...

You gather a panel of random funny celebrities in front of a live studio audience, have them one-up each other on some broad topic, and let the hilari...

I now writing every day, hitting the news feeds, reading, taking notes, turning the TV off. Writing funny stuff about the news isn't easy. I've tweeted about it a lot. But it's hard; most of my stuff still doesn't get picked up by shows. The news never sleeps, Britain's Got People understands this. The spoof is out there, you've just got to catch it while it's hot and tickle it's feet.