Stewart Lee
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Una Mullally: Brexit shows up our nonsensical approach to Irish citizenship
- Opinion
- October 21, 2019, 06:00
One of the reoccurring characters in the Brexit soap opera is the most widely used document of Irish citizenship, the Irish passport. The applications(...)

Ben Elton: ‘How am I going to say something when you can’t say anything?’
- Stage
- September 27, 2019, 06:00
They say you shouldn’t meet your heroes – but my inner 13-year-old would never forgive me if I spurned a chat with Ben Elton. The Young Ones, Blackadd(...)

Patrick McCabe: On My Culture Radar
- Culture
- September 1, 2018, 05:00
Current favourite book I’m reading Required Writing by Philip Larkin. He’s an extraordinary figure. I think he’s one of the greatest poets that ever (...)

Dara Ó Briain: ‘When I say ‘Irish’, I mean ‘Bosco Irish’’
- Stage
- July 8, 2017, 05:00
A man goes to the doctor and says he’s depressed. The doctor says, “Why don’t you go see the great clown Pagliacci? He’s in town tonight. That’ll chee(...)

Julian Barratt: from The Mighty Boosh to a ‘Partridgean joke’
- Film
- May 4, 2017, 05:00
Having leafed through Julian Barratt’s various encounters with ladies and gentlemen of the press, I’m half-expecting the comedian, musician and actor (...)

The 10 best stand up shows on Netflix
- Stage
- August 4, 2016, 10:00
Stewart Lee: 41st Best Stand Up Ever Surreal and cerebral in equal measures, this show is classic Stewart Lee. Recorded in 2008 in Glasgow, behind t(...)

Bridget Christie: ‘I’m glad there’s misogyny – it turned my career around’
- Stage
- April 4, 2016, 07:00
There’s a head-turning gasp from Bridget Christie midway through our interview. “No,” she says in horror. “Oh my God. No. No, no, no, no, no.” Yo(...)

Big, flat, round, black – despite the hucksters, vinyl has its day
- Music
- April 18, 2014, 00:00
In 2008 there were 10 special releases for Record Store Day, a celebration of indie record stores and the vinyl format. A year later that figur(...)

Jokes don’t travel? Germans aren’t funny? Don’t make me laugh
- Comedy
- March 1, 2014, 01:00
It’s disconcerting to hear Eddie Izzard, a gifted and thoroughly British comedian, cracking jokes in German. But from the modest stage in Berli(...)

Tell Me About It: Am I manly enough to get a girlfriend?
- Life & Style
- October 22, 2013, 01:00
Q I feel brilliant most of the time, but I can’t find a serious relationship, so what’s standing in my way? I am highly creative and don’t conform to (...)