Over the next five weeks we'll be keeping a weekly account of our 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival experience - bringing you ringside insight into the biggest arts festival IN THE WORLD (insert evil laugh).

Let me start by introducing myself! I am Mr Barry Morgan the ultimate organ salesman from Barry Morgan's World Of Organs.

For me, I thought the book was one of the most badly written piles of sh**e I've ever read. I didn't find it sexy but then again, I find James May quite sexy so that tells you a lot about my personal taste.

This year I will perform 49 one hour comedy shows and an estimated 18 45 minute outdoor street performances (weather permitting.) I'll sleep for approximately 135 hours in total over the month; I'll drink about 2,200ml of single malt scotch whiskey and 16L of beer. It will cost me an estimated £8,000; I'll lose approximately £1000 and put on 2 to 3 kilos of weight.

I recently wrote in an email to a friend, in regards to The Super Serious Show's upcoming Edinburgh Fest run, "I'm scared, excited, scared." In other words, I'm excited sandwiched between two pieces of scared. In other other words, I'm an excited sandwich.

Fashions are like names, it has to suit you and some might be out of favour, but they all come back round. This applies more, I guess, if your name is Trousers. Like Justin Timberlake - who I believe's middle name is 'trousers' - so it definitely works there!

It's that time of year, over half way to Christmas. To distract yourself you can go to the Edinburgh Festival (in Edinburgh), where you can go and watch people talking in rooms.

I'm currently preparing to take 'Through the Looking Screen', a one woman operetta which I've written, to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August.

When Richard Jackson carved a bush into the shape of a "middle-finger" he probably thought it would cause amusement. But he ended up at the centre ...

In five days the entire world will be looking at Great Britain as it welcomes the Olympics. The world's fastest, strongest and most ruthless athletes ...

Well the excitement is building as the big event is now only a matter of days away. And despite organisational chaos, worries about the cost and the weather, the participants are ready for the off, having spent months, if not years in meticulous preparation. No, I'm not talking about the Olympics, but the annual comedy trade fair/booze up that is the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

There are two types of English people. Those who are excited about the once in a lifetime opportunity to see the Olympics on home turf, and those who are absolutely against it at all costs.

With the likes of wars and GBH still on-going, the army and the police already have jobs that deserve their attention, so dragging them out of where they need to be is not the best solution to the problem. There are other ways of adding security at the games that have seemingly been overlooked.

Wenlock and Mandeville? Bitch please. Try fairies juggling hatchets, hung over transvestites, the most pierced woman in the world, and one year, even a two headed, three breasted giant all hanging out at once on the Royal Mile. And that's just before breakfast.

A festival organiser who booked Tim Minchin has failed to back the comedian when some ticket-holders complained about his ‘blasphemous’ act. St...

So how bad of a Twitter crush whore are you? Well I have calculated five different scientific levels that you may be in right now. Judge for yourself.

Another reason Russia gets bad press is because since 2000, 17 journalists have been murdered in crimes linked to their work, with only one (partially) successful prosecution. It's clearly and indisputably sheer coincidence that all those journalists were murdered while investigating corruption, financial criminality, human rights abuses in the army, government and legal system.

Much like during the power cuts of my youth, when the candles came out and the board games were dusted off, the O2 blackout was a time to bring people together, to gather around the collective campfire - or laptops as they're now more commonly described - and make our own entertainment.

With the increase of New Act Competitions and Stand-Up Comedy Courses, more and more people are entering the profession - most with a detailed business plan which wouldn't look out of place on Dragon's Den.

Dear Londoners™ the UK, Your Olympics™ start in just a few days and we hope that you're excited! They are your Olympics™ that have cost you £2.5bn£9bn £11.7bn possibly £24bn of your money, that's 38p per household, that you really need in these times of austerity but were forced have chosen to spend on what is sure to be the best Olympics™ ever ever.

A logical step for a lot of open-mic comedians who are frustrated with a lack of opportunities is to start up their own night, especially in London.