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Karen Koren reveals she has been battling cancer

One of the best-known figures on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the last 30 years has revealed that she has been secretly battling cancer while programming one of its biggest venues.

Brian Ferguson, The Scotsman, 18th August 2018

Fringe First awards: Seven winners from week two

The Scotsman Fringe Firsts recognise outstanding new theatre writing premiered at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - here are our second group of 2018 winners.

The Scotsman, 17th August 2018

Steve Bennett: a jaded opinion?

Steve Bennett is a well respected man about the comedy circuit, yes, but I am getting the feeling he is rapidly becoming the Arsene Wenger of comedy reviewing.

Damo, The Mumble, 16th August 2018

Seven life lessons from Dad's Army

Dad's Army needs no introduction. The misadventures and charming incompetence of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard not only formed a perfect little microcosm of the way everyday life in Britain was fractured during the Second World War, it also told us something about ourselves. So, what lessons we can all learn from the characters and antics of this nation's would-be last line of defence?

BBC, 13th August 2018

Chris Ramsey reveals wife's miscarriage heartache

Chris Ramsey has praised his "warrior" wife after she was admitted to hospital following a miscarriage early on in her pregnancy, without knowing it had happened.

The Daily Express, 13th August 2018

Steve Bugeja's Edinburgh Fringe diary

As I stepped off the train at Edinburgh Waverley I was comforted by a familiar scene. Big posters, hopeful looking drama students and rain. I was so sick of the heatwave that London had been experiencing, that I was actually very grateful to see a traditional Scottish summer.

Steve Bugeja, The Sunday Post, 11th August 2018

Craig Brown: every joke seems to cause offence

It's a funny old world, but comedy's no laughing matter when every joke causes someone offence, laments Craig Brown.

Craig Brown, Daily Mail, 9th August 2018

What is the worst review you have ever had?

'This isn't comedy, this is a cry for help'

Chortle, 9th August 2018

Seven questions with... Great British Mysteries

I asked Will Close from Great British Mysteries these seven questions to find out more about the pair...

Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 8th August 2018

What's the worst place you've ever stayed?

'We had to use a tortilla for toilet paper'

Chortle, 5th August 2018

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