Ben Van der Velde
- Stand-up comedian
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A tube walker's diary: No signs of post-Brexit discord (Link expired)
This week was the week of hard slog. Any marathon runner, boxer or tennis player will tell you that training is hard, but the hardest place is right in the middle of competing, when you're far from the port and just as far from the shore.
Ben Van der Velde, WOW247, 7th July 2016Ben Van der Velde: 'I'm a member of the Jew crew'
Ben Van der Velde spends 15 minutes with Martin Walker to talk about his latest Edinburgh offering, 'Barbarians'. Tomorrow we die. Tonight we drink!
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 26th June 2016Ben Van der Velde: A tube walkers diary (Link expired)
Over the next few weeks, Ben Van der Velde has undertaken to walk the entire Tube network, visiting all 270 stations on foot, in aid of the Refugee Council. After the first week's progress, here's how he's been getting on since...
Ben Van der Velde, WOW247, 20th June 2016Meet the comedian walking the tube network (Link expired)
Over the next three weeks Ben Van der Velde has undertaken to walk the entire Tube network, visiting all 270 stations on foot, in aid of the Refugee Council.
Ben Van der Velde, WOW247, 14th June 2016The Ben Van de Velde three minute interview
According to his website, Ben Van der Velde is a stand-up comedian, actor, improviser and presenter, who has spread joy and nonsense to all four corners of England, as well as the more choice bits of Wales and Scotland... Martin Walker asks about his Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Strudelhead.
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 17th July 2014Ben Van Der Velde joins Camden busking protest
Comedian Ben Van Der Velde will be leading an 'illegal choir' in a mass busking protest this weekend (Sunday March 23) in response to Camden Council's draconian new anti-busking legislation. The protest is organised by Camden's Green Party. Van Der Velde is standing as the party's candidate in the May local elections.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st March 2014Ben Van der Velde fights election on pro-busking ticket
Comedian Ben Van Der Velde is to fight in May's local election for the Green Party.
Chortle, 19th February 2014Amnesty Secret Comedy Podcast episode 14
Adam Hills takes the reins for the penultimate instalment of the Amnesty Edinburgh podcast series, and confides that he was quietly warned off making gay jokes about Putin by MI6. Guest John Lloyd speaks about the sequel to The Meaning of Liff: a book about words that ought to exist but don't. Meanwhile, comedian Ben Van der Velde returns to talk about his favourite Edinburgh one-liners, and there's standup from Terry Alderton, Caroline Rhea, Felicity Ward and Abandoman.
The Guardian, 29th August 2013Festival stories: Ben Van Der Velde (Link expired)
Ben Van Der Velde tells the story of how Guns 'n' Roses revived his absinthe-ridden friend.
Hamish Gibson, WOW247, 26th August 2013Edinburgh Fringe 2013 interview Ben Van Der Velde
An interview with Ben Van Der Velde about his Fringe show.
The New Current, 10th August 2013