Ben Thompson (I)

Review: How I Escaped My Certain Fate by Stewart Lee

A verbose, sprawling, self-referential memoir by the David Foster Wallace of alternative stand-up.

Ben Thompson, The Independent, 15th August 2010

The kings of British comedy

While Peter Kay is currently comedy's undisputed king of commerce, there's no shortage of pretenders to his throne.

Ben Thompson, The Financial Times, 11th December 2009