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Columnists quit Jewish Chronicle over Gaza stories based on ‘fabrications’

David Baddiel and Jonathan Freedland among those to resign over articles by former IDF soldier Elon Perry

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2024

Frank Skinner looks back: ‘I liked being famous – I felt noticed for the first time. But at some point it has to end’

The comic on his nightmarish first gigs, how he finally became sober, and dying by his own sword

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2024

Frank Skinner calls previous jokes ‘offensive’ as he admits to being ‘educated by woke politics’

Comedian said he did not feel ‘bullied’ by woke culture

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2024

Taskmaster’s best series, ranked: who will come out on top?

Out of the hit comedy gameshow’s 17 seasons, which ones rise to the top?

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2024

11 of the worst ever England football songs, ranked: from Ant and Dec to Chico

Not every England song can be as rousing as ‘Three Lions’. Katie Rosseinsky looks back at some football songs that are better off forgotten

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2024

David Baddiel: trauma passed on from Holocaust is why I do comedy

Promoting his book at Hay festival, comedian says his mother and grandparents’ flight from Nazi Germany affected later generations

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024

Jemima Khan Goldsmith: My sons are Muslim, my brothers are tribally Jewish — I am caught between cultures

Arguments with her family about the Israel-Gaza war inspired the film producer to start a more nuanced conversation

Evening Standard · Apr 11, 2024

The week in audio: Three Million; Who Trolled Amber?; Who We Are Now; A Muslim & a Jew Go There – review

Kavita Puri’s superb account of the 1943 Bengal famine needs to be heard; Alexi Mostrous chills with an investigation into social media hate; and the ‘madly articulate’ David Baddiel and Sayeeda Warsi tackle politics head-on

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2024

No sets, less fuss, a cast of one: can standups save the UK’s cash-strapped theatres?

For the Royal Court and Park theatres, putting on comedy acts is a moneyspinning way to find new audiences. But are playhouses set to stage fewer plays?

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2024

‘I can be quite well behaved’: Frank Skinner on standup, rude jokes and what the kids got right

Comedian Frank Skinner is preparing to unleash his new standup show – and this time he says he’s cleaning up his act

The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2023