British Comedy Guide

Billy Bragg

  • Musician

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Radio 4 orders free speech comedy show Unsafe Space, despite protests

Radio 4 has commissioned Unsafe Space, a "provocative" comedy and debate show championing free speech and broader class representation, despite protesters allegedly threatening to shut it down by blowing airhorns during the recording.

British Comedy Guide, 8th December 2022

Billy Bragg: What people like John Cleese get wrong about cancel culture

A belief in accountability does not involve condoning threats or violence - and freedom of expression does not mean freedom from consequence.

Billy Bragg, The New Statesman, 19th October 2022

Comedians out in force to protest kazoo ban

Led by comedians Mark Thomas and Bill Bailey, alongside Billy Bragg, the crowd were demonstrating over proposals by Camden Council to require buskers to hold a licence to play a wind and percussion instrument.

Time Out, 3rd November 2013

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