BCG Daily Wednesday 30th September 2020
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Amazon charts: Partridge flies back to the top
Alan Partridge's From The Oasthouse (Audible) ousted Brian Masters' Killing For Company (Cornerstone) from the top of the Most-Sold: Non-Fiction chart. The Audible Original has now spent three of the past four weeks in the chart top spot.
Kiera O'Brien, The Bookseller, 30th September 2020
Tim Key: when the Ashes & the Fringe aligned in 2005
The poet, comedian and actor takes on his generation's big one. And, yes, he is well aware of the responsibility.
Tim Key for Wisden Cricket Monthly, The Guardian, 30th September 2020
Frank Skinner: I've stopped joking about sex
As he recreates Johnson's Scottish tour, the comedian tells Ben Dowell why being 63 beats being a new lad.
Ben Dowell, The Times, 30th September 2020Piers Morgan lashes out at his Spitting Image puppet
Piers Morgan has hit out at his Spitting Image puppet . . . saying he has five chins, not six.
The presenter, 55, said he had waited all his life to become a puppet on the famous satirical show.
Clemmie Moodie, The Sun, 30th September 2020John Cleese defends support of JK Rowling
John Cleese has defended his support of JK Rowling after fans were left disappointed by recent comments the Harry Potter author had made about trans people.
Louise Griffin, Metro, 30th September 2020Eternal Beauty review
Directors dealing with mental illness can often make you wince, treating it as an invitation to all manner of visual hammery. Still in his twenties, Roberts is seasoned enough not to follow suit.
Danny Leigh, The Financial Times, 30th September 2020Eternal Beauty review
Craig Roberts' oddball comedy ambitiously tries to portray mental illness from the inside out, but despite a fine cast, it doesn't hold together.
Guy Lodge, Variety, 30th September 2020Videos
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