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Edinburgh Fringe return for David Baddiel
David Baddiel will return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the first time in ten years with two shows, l]Talking Books - Jews Don't Count and The God Desire[/l] at Assembly George Square Studios, Studio One from 2nd - 10th August at 1.20pm, as well as a rare opportunity to see a revival of his latest smash-hit one man shows with The 'Not the...' Trilogy (WIP).
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 11th July 2023Taskmaster's best prize tasks: from dead pets to hiding in Greg Davies's wardrobe
From David Baddiel's dead cat to an unforgettable haircut reveal, these are Taskmaster's finest prize task entries.
Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 13th June 2023David Baddiel: "I am not ashamed to be a heterosexual male"
The comedian on becoming a public intellectual, and wanting to be more than "the voice for Britain's Jews".
Jacob Judah, The New Statesman, 12th June 2023The God Desire by David Baddiel, review
This sweeping, self-regarding book is not about humankind. It is about David Baddiel.
Marianne Levy, i Newspaper, 6th April 2023David Baddiel: 'Football fills a God-shaped hole'
Ahead of a new book about our need for faith, the 'militant atheist' discusses oversharing, identity - and why he's distancing himself from Richard Dawkins.
Sam Leith, The Guardian, 18th March 2023TLS Books lands David Baddiel's 'funny and incisive' take on atheism
In The God Desire, Baddiel argues that it is the very intensity of his, and everyone else's, desire for God to exist that proves his non-existence. Anything so deeply wished-for we will make real, considers Baddiel.
Lauren Brown, The Bookseller, 14th March 2023My London: David Baddiel
The writer and comedian marvels at the Rothko Room at Tate Modern, has tried the posh sushi at Endo... and still has Three Lions on his shirt.
Dipal Acharya, Evening Standard, 1st December 2022David Baddiel and the politics of the public apology
Elton John was wrong, hopelessly wrong, saying sorry is not the hardest word.
Stuart Cosgrove, The National (Scotland), 27th November 2022David Baddiel interview
Interview with David Baddiel ahead of the documentary based on his book Jews Don't Count.
Channel 4, 21st November 2022David Baddiel: 'People think Jews are powerful. I think the opposite'
The comedian and author talks about his new book Virtually Christmas, the similarities between Santa and God, and why he doesn't feel the need to comment on Israel.
Kate Maltby, i Newspaper, 18th November 2022