BCG Daily Wednesday 22nd November 2023
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Mixed reaction to plan for comedy and live music venue at old Barclays bank in Sawbridgeworth
A group of residents packed Sawbridgeworth Town Council's chamber on Monday to air their objections to a plan for a comedy club at the town's former Barclays Bank.
Chris Carter, Bishop's Stortford Independent, 22nd November 2023
Geoff Norcott is right. We need to take men's health seriously
Misogynistic 'men's rights' campaigners are a problem, but it's also important to have good-faith discussions about genuine problems like male suicide rates.
Euan McColm, The Scotsman, 22nd November 2023
Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society publishes its review of the year 2023
Some 840 media from within the UK and abroad, accredited to cover the Fringe, from over 400 outlets, and Fringe Central, the home from home for artists during the festival, saw nearly 2,000 artists through its doors.
Theatre Weekly, 22nd November 2023
Eddie Izzard: The Remix Tour review
Pronoun-fluid comic is as scattergun as ever in what could be a last stand-up hurrah before politics beckons.
Eddie Harrison, The List, 22nd November 2023
Ruby Wax: I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was review
This one-woman play aims to dramatise Wax's globe-trotting spiritual quest but gets sidetracked into anecdote.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 22nd November 2023
Stephen Fry among those to join SoA fellowship
Eight new fellows of the Society of Authors have been announced including Stephen Fry.
Heloise Wood, The Bookseller, 22nd November 2023
Rafe Spall risks clash with famous neighbour with £5m home renovation
Actor Rafe Spall has unveiled plans for a Grand Designs-style makeover of his £5million London home - complete with his own dressing room.
The son of Auf Widersehen, Pet star Timothy is splashing out on a love nest to share with new girlfriend and on-screen wife Esther Smith.
Mary Gallagher, The Sun, 22nd November 2023
Rarely asked questions: Damien Warren-Smith creator of acclaimed actor Garry Starr
Damien Warren-Smith is the creator of Garry Starr, the renowned classical actor. In his landmark show, Garry Starr Perfoms Everything, Starr delivers every style of theatre imaginable, thus saving the performing arts from extinction.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 22nd November 2023
Such Brave Girls review
Such Brave Girls falls squarely into the contemporary fashion for TV comedies that draw on unhappiness and trauma, with no shortage of either.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 22nd November 2023
Such Brave Girls review
Properly brutal and properly funny.
Lucy Mangan, The Guardian, 22nd November 2023
Such Brave Girls review
If the Inbetweeners were sisters (and depressed).
Anita Singh, The Telegraph, 22nd November 2023
Alan Carr dating toyboy hairdresser
Alan Carr is dating a toyboy celebrity crimper and has already introduced him to pal Adele.
The Chatty Man comic is two decades older than 27-year-old Callum Heslop.
Simon Boyle, The Sun, 22nd November 2023Videos
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Glenn Moore's Almanac
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9pm60 min
A League Of Their Own
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10:15pm60 min
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10:25pm25 min
Such Brave Girls
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11pm15 min
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The Skewer
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