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Voices: Trump hates jokers like Jimmy Kimmel because he knows punchlines hit harder than politics

COMMENT: History has long shown that despots will punish humour precisely because it is uncontrollable. But the return of the cancelled US talk show host shows the people will side with the comedian every time, writes stand-up Shaparak Khorsandi

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Michael Sheen and Shaparak Khorsandi back our A Place to Call Home winter appeal

Stars lend support to our appeal with Comic Relief to support refugees and the homeless

Evening Standard

‘A true British great’: Keir Starmer leads tributes to retiring Andy Murray

The prime minister Sir Keir Starmer led the tributes to Sir Andy Murray after his tennis career ended at the Olympics

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Has it made me creative, or held me back? Shaparak Khorsandi on being diagnosed with ADHD in her 40s

People may be told their condition is a gift. But that’s little comfort when looking back at a trail of destruction

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The Great British Bake Off: Six presenters who could replace Matt Lucas as host

James Acaster, Richard Ayoade and Sara Pascoe are among The Independent’s favourites

The Independent UK

The Great British Bake Off: Six presenters who could replace Matt Lucas as host

James Acaster, Richard Ayoade and Sara Pascoe are among The Independent’s favourites

The Independent UK

Comedian Shaparak Khorsandi reveals she was sexually assaulted

Comedian Shaparak Khorsandi has spoken publicly for the first time about being sexually assaulted by a man in public.

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The Great British Bake Off: Six presenters who could replace Matt Lucas as host

James Acaster, Richard Ayoade and Sara Pascoe are among The Independent’s favourites

The Independent UK

Comedian Matt Forde complains about crying baby at his gig: ‘It’s like someone’s phone continually ringing’

Twitter users were divided by his comments

Evening Standard

Shaparak Khorsandi: ‘Love your audience without caring who they vote for’

The standup and author on what she’s learned from comedy, her traumatic gig at Glastonbury and who makes her howl with laughter

The Guardian - UK

‘Chris Rock did the brave, smart, toughest thing’: comics on that Oscars slap

Four seasoned standups, all with the comic’s dread of hosting awards shows, on what to do when a gig goes very wrong – and how they might have reacted

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