music hall
Victorian music-hall comedy wasn’t funny. Why pretend it was?
Let’s start this week with a joke: ‘You know Mrs Kelly? Do you know Mrs Kelly? Her husband’s that little…
Charlie Chaplin, monster
No actual birth certificate for Charles Spencer Chaplin has ever been found. The actor himself drew a blank when he…
Whistling is a bloody nuisance
Paul McCartney says he can remember the exact moment he knew the Beatles had made it. Early one morning, getting…
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‘I draw the line at a deal with Farage.’
‘When will this purgatory
ever start?’
Emotional rollercoaster
‘Listen mate, if you can remember BC then you weren’t there.’
‘Oh no, it was meant to be a vegan cake!’
‘I suggest you quit retail and go into administration.’
‘How embarrassing — GM mutton dressed as organic, ethically sourced lamb.’
‘This is my library, or what my wife calls my “hoarding problem”.’
‘Alexa, find the light at the end of the tunnel.’
