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Flat-cap Clarkson only wants his nose in the trough

The broadcaster thinks if he fires up his farming fanbase they can shield him from his obligation to contribute his fair share to society

The Guardian - UK

If I were Captain America, I’d quit

Progressive postwar culture in the US – rock’n’roll, cinema and comic-book characters – no longer makes sense in a Trumpian world

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: The Lucan Obsession; Halloween: Trilogy of Terror; Extrasensory – review

Fifty years on, the missing aristo and his wife continue to fascinate; Danny Robins and Stewart Lee get into the Halloween spirit; and an eerie English tale with Will Sharpe

The Guardian - UK

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Sick of overpriced gig tickets? Here’s the Cure

Robert Smith, defiant leader of the post-punk stalwarts, has shown that secondary markets can be bypassed, enabling ordinary people to benefit from culture

The Guardian - UK

October's An Evening With Jakko Jakszyk to be hosted by comedian Stewart Lee

An Evening With Jakko Jakszyk takes place at West Hampstead Arts Club on October 11

Louder

Omid Djalili: ‘You can’t wash blood away with more blood’

As the actor and comedian returns for a fiery new stand-up tour, he tells Helen Coffey about the best moment of his life (involving Brad Pitt and Robert Redford), how he learnt to channel rage into humour, and why he’s now entering his fabulous second act

The Independent UK

“Iggy Pop told me he got a speeding ticket while pumping out the demo!” Asian Dub Foundation's Steve Chandrasonic on his band's collaborations with Iggy Pop, Sinéad O’Connor, Public Enemy's Chuck D, Stewart Lee, Primal Scream and more

Asian Dub Foundation guitarist Steve 'Chandrasonic' Savale gives Louder an exclusive track-by-track guide to 94-Now: Collaborations, a new album celebrating ADF's 30th anniversary

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Why can’t incredibly successful entertainers like Ricky Gervais ever take criticism?

As the comedian and writer seemingly reacts to an old Stewart Lee takedown by showing off his streaming numbers, Roisin O’Connor wonders why he’s so desperate to prove his worth

The Independent UK

Ricky Gervais shares After Life milestone after Stewart Lee criticism resurfaces

Lee famously called the show ‘one of the worst things ever made by a human’

The Independent UK

The end is nigh. For insects, bats, protest, the planet…

Our response to global heating and the decimation of animal species is to marginalise the Green party and lock up protesters

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Those About to Die; Lady in the Lake; The Jetty; Simone Biles Rising – review

Anthony Hopkins fights for his life in a Game of Thrones-lite ancient Rome; Natalie Portman is a small-screen natural; a great twist lifts a clunking crime drama; and from trauma to domestic bliss with the star gymnast

The Guardian - UK

The Tory gravy train’s left town – but it’s got all my best gags on board

The Conservatives were a joke that just kept giving but where do the next four years of funny come from?

The Guardian - UK

“I thought, if I can disguise seeing bands as work then that’ll be handy”: Stewart Lee on curating a stage at Brighton’s Psych Fest and his forthcoming new show

The comedian has hand-picked some of his favourite psych groups to play at Brighton’s Komedia

Louder

Pro comedians tried using ChatGPT and Google Gemini to write their jokes – these were the hilariously unfunny results

A new Google DeepMind study followed a number of pro comedians who tried to use AI to write jokes –with mixed results.

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“A mind-melting day out of acid-hued action from five of my favourite acts.” Comedian Stewart Lee is curating his own stage at the first-ever Brighton Psych Fest, with five hand-picked artists

Comic genius Stewart Lee selects five avant-garde acts to play his stage at the inaugural Brighton Psych Fest

The Guardian - UK

We must learn the lessons of Covid before another deadly disease strikes

Why has so little been done to make indoor spaces safer, to stop the spread of airborne viruses?

The Guardian - UK

My ID card makes life so much easier

Living in Belgium, identity cards are part of everyday living. What’s the problem, Britain?

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Woolworths shares plunge; NZ MP dies after charity run; and AstraZeneca boss’s $33m paycheque

Supermarket giant’s CEO resigns unexpectedly amid increasing political pressure over record profits during cost-of-living crisis

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‘The worst film ever made’: how Sex Lives of the Potato Men broke British cinema

When the puerile comedy bombed, the film-makers blamed the critics and the Tories blamed the UK Film Council. Twenty years on, we reassess the legacy of a cinematic pariah whose champions include Stewart Lee and Mike Leigh

The Guardian - UK

Where did all the government’s wine go? Expect another vintage Tory evasion

Is the delay in publishing wine cellar stocks because more bottles disappeared during the pandemic than there were dignitaries that came to drink them?

The Guardian - UK

At £38,700 for a foreign-born spouse, how many could the Tories afford?

James Cleverly’s new anti-immigration policy, the latest desperate act of a desperate government, means 75% of the population need to be careful who they fall in love with

The Guardian - UK

Church of England vote is a light for gay Christians

Anglicans of all orientations can now find acceptance, love and celebration – but there is a long road still to walk

The Guardian - UK

What an ass! Ghosts star takes on classic Shakespeare character

The latest production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream features Mathew Baynton in what the actor calls ‘an absolute treat of a role’

The Guardian - UK

In search of strange and sacred sites – the UK’s weirdest walks

Created by three friends fascinated with ancient places, the Weird Walk zine has a cult following. Comic Stewart Lee introduces three magical routes from their new book

The Guardian - UK

Macbeth review – a strenuously fresh reading with one-liners by Stewart Lee

Benefitting from a Scottish cast and a rewritten Porter’s speech by Lee, Wils Wilson’s production gets at the demonic drive of people desperate for power but hopeless in office

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