Greenwich Comedy Festival Update (or “My 15 minutes of near fame”)
Oh, the power of the internet! I write a moan about my experiences at a comedy festival, and before I know it, the story is everywhere! Read the rest of this entry »
Wait until next year
Putting off what could be done tomorrow, today
Category: not sport
September 9, 2010
An unfunny night at the Greenwich Comedy Festival
My Significant Other and I last night made our way down to the Greenwich Comedy Festival. We like a bit of stand-up comedy, it’s not far from where we live, and we’ve made plenty of trips to the Sunday Special comedy night, from which this festival has sprung up. Yet things didn’t go exactly to plan. In fact, this night of comedy wasn’t funny at all. Here is my (non) review. Read the rest of this entry »
September 8, 2010
My Big Dumb Culture Diary: Part Two
Well, onwards and upwards to part two of the culture diary. Pretty soon this may seem like a bad, and frankly narcissistic, idea. But until then, more of me pretending to be culturally aware, with hilarious (or not) consequences… Read the rest of this entry »
September 7, 2010
My Big Dumb Cultural Diary: Part One
Inspired by the Paris Review’s Cultural Diaries, my blog post that covered it, and having ideas above my station, this week I shall be mainly inflicting my cultural consumption upon you, my lucky readership. Here you’ll find what I’ve been reading, watching and listening to. For your pleasure. And, perhaps, in a bid to make me consume more worthwhile stuff. Plus, I’m up to some interesting things this week. Read the rest of this entry »
September 3, 2010
Stuff I’ve been reading this week that you should think about reading too
This is a thinly veiled attempt to increase my posting frequency without having to put a whole lot of thought or effort into it. So, thinly veiled, in fact, that I have explained my motivation in the very first sentence. But I bet you are now just itching to click through to find a few links, probably poorly formatted, with my ill-considered commentary attached? Read the rest of this entry »
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