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Here’s the funny thing about … Chopin

Here’s the funny thing about … Chopin

Aidan Jones describes his latest show as “classical piano presented with jokes by a bald dickhead” – and it’s a formula that works.

  • by Daniel Herborn

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This TV series will appeal to anyone who likes to laugh

This TV series will appeal to anyone who likes to laugh

In this time of heaviness and bleakness and not that much laughter, I heartily recommend this show.

  • by Rebecca Shaw
‘I was strange’: How this comedian’s defence mechanism became a lucrative career

‘I was strange’: How this comedian’s defence mechanism became a lucrative career

London-born Demi Adejuyigbe moved to Texas with his parents when he was just five years old. What happened next forged a path he still walks.

  • by Daniel Herborn
The cheque is a dramatic (and dying) way to spend a dollar. We must keep it alive

The cheque is a dramatic (and dying) way to spend a dollar. We must keep it alive

Cash is king and tapping is convenient, but nothing is more satisfying than paying with a cheque, mate.

  • by Thomas Mitchell
She was told women weren’t funny. Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French showed her otherwise

She was told women weren’t funny. Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French showed her otherwise

Jen Brister’s comedy career began amid sexism and misogyny – now she sells out theatres.

  • by Rod Yates
Dating apps be damned, this live game show is connecting real people

Dating apps be damned, this live game show is connecting real people

Human Love Quest uses an old-school format, audience participation, Dexter and some must-haves for modern-day singles looking for love.

  • by Nell Geraets
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It’s time to face the truth: The internet has ruined everything

It’s time to face the truth: The internet has ruined everything

We used to be a society, now look at us.

  • by Richard Glover
Serious question: why are there so many keys?

Serious question: why are there so many keys?

Too many keys means too many locks. And I’ve had it up to here with locks.

  • by Robert Moran

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