5 Political Stand-Up Specials on YouTube, From the Last 5 Years
Sarah Stringer
Sometimes, people say there is isn’t political stand-up comedy these days, not like there used to be. I disagree with this; there’s a wide range of comedians out there in…
Nish Kumar
Edinburgh Fringe Diary: August 21, 2026
I scheduled 10 shows to watch on August 21 as, to misappropriate a John-Luke Roberts quote, an experiment in whether someone can do that. They were all at the Monkey…
Edinburgh Fringe Review: Stuart Laws as Michael Caine and Nish Kumar as Christopher Nolan Doing Something For An Hour
Whoever had the idea to make Nish Kumar play the straight man (presumably Stuart Laws) is a genius. It’s far from an obvious choice, given his persona. But watching him…
Edinburgh Fringe Festival – August 9th, 2026
Eleanor Morton: The Mermaid – 13:00 at Monkey Barrel, Cabaret Voltaire 1 Eleanor Morton’s previous hour, Haunted House, was notable for its elaborate sets and costumes, and for starting the…