(He was 462 on Thursday) Shaking Spears Said the bard of Stratford: ‘All the world’s a stage’ With epic dramas acted out in every human age In these interesting times, when the end seems nigh To be, or not to be an optimistic guy? Once the kings and noblemen had their jester fools To playContinue reading “A Belated Poem for Will Shakespeare”
Category Archives: humour
H is for Heckling
I’ve just seen a poster for a comedy night, which included the warning ‘No heckling’. I don’t know if this was a joke, but it made me think… At the comedy nights I’ve attended or watched on a screen, it seems to me that hecklers are almost always trying to add something to the show.Continue reading “H is for Heckling”
‘Isolate With Me’ – written and performed by Tom George
Tracy Ullman back on UK TV
Tracey Ullman was a ubiquitous British entertainer in the early 1980s who was so over-qualified that she managed to be a highly-rated TV comic and have a pop career on the side (which included a delicious cover of Kirsty Macoll’s “They Don’t Know”). But Tracey lost her place in British culture when she married anContinue reading “Tracy Ullman back on UK TV”
My Latest Hero
I was delighted to discover this guy recently – Reggie Watts, if it is possible to define him, is a surreal stand-up comedian and improvising musician, who flips hilariously from one genre and persona to another effortlessly. At one moment he is straight-facedly delivering what seems to be a science lecture or TED talk, butContinue reading “My Latest Hero”
The Grime Syndicate (a short story)
All the tea in all the world could never compete with the feeling I experienced some years ago in a single, solitary moment, which was seared in my memory for all time and now resides at the forefront of my consciousness. It happened when I was in the final year of my apprenticeship as aContinue reading “The Grime Syndicate (a short story)”
Tom George 