BCG Daily Friday 21st June 2024

Trying to keep variety alive.... and the most stolen joke in British comedy

In the third part of his series about the Earth Exchange - a vegetarian cafe in North London that was a significant venue in the early days of alternative comedy - its promoter and compere Kim Wells recalls how stand-up came to dominate variety acts as the circuit started to take shape.

Kate Copstick: Letter from Kenya

She's best known for her brilliantly witty and insightful Edinburgh Fringe reviews. But for the last sixteen years Kate Copstick has also run Mama Biashara, a charity which allows women in Kenya to set up businesses and support themselves and others.

Daisy May Cooper and fiancé Ant seen together with son Benji for the first time

Daisy May Cooper and her fiancé Ant Huggins were seen together with their new-born son Benji for the first time as they went to register his birth.

The loved-up couple walked side by side and pushed little Benji in his pram on their way to Cirencester Library, Gloucestershire.

Adam Riches interview

Adam Riches makes his Summerhall debut with this fast-paced, funny and intensely physical ride, deep inside the mind of an ageing, swaggering alpha.

Fringe Quickies: 34 - 16 Postcodes

"It's never going to be the same show twice!"

On the Mic Picks: The Hairy Godmothers

"Weaving positive messages of self-love and sex positivity, this definitely-not-PG fun strives to start conversations through entertainment. It's a right laugh."