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Adam Hills opens London restaurant with former Nobu head chef
Friday 13th January 2023
Adam Hills is opening a restaurant in London with ex-Nobu head chef Scott Hallsworth. Freak Scene will offer diners "a whistle stop tour of Asia".
Frank Skinner awarded MBE
Saturday 31st December 2022
Frank Skinner has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honour's list.
Peter Kay receives award from The O2
Monday 19th December 2022
Peter Kay has been given an award by The O2 venue to mark his record-breaking residency run at the London arena.
Mae Martin shooting debut Netflix special
Friday 2nd December 2022
Mae Martin is to film their first, full-length Netflix special, an hour-long version of their stand-up show Sap.
Jon Holmes to celebrate song mash-ups via Radio 2
Tuesday 29th November 2022
The Skewer's mix-and-mash-up supremo Jon Holmes is returning to Radio 2 to host a celebration of musical mash-ups.
Mark Gatiss summons three ghost stories for the BBC at Christmas
Tuesday 29th November 2022
Mark Gatiss has adapted M.R. James' classic ghost story, Count Magnus, for the BBC this Christmas. The corporation is also airing a recording of his stage version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, while Radio 4 features Mark Gatiss And Richard Coles Are On A Ghost Hunt.
Percival Everett wins 2022 Wodehouse Comic Fiction prize
Wednesday 23rd November 2022
Percival Everett has been announced as the winner of the 2022 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction.
Comedians front Two Truths And A Lie refugee quiz
Thursday 17th November 2022
Angela Barnes, Esther Manito, Glenn Moore and Ed Petrie front an online quiz that aims to highlight the wide range of contributions refugees have made to British society.
Joe Lycett launches LGBT campaign against David Beckham
Sunday 13th November 2022
Joe Lycett has launched a campaign against David Beckham's accepting of a reported £10 million fee from men's football world cup hosts Qatar, a country where homosexual acts are punishable by death.
Liz Kingsman joins Parisian comedy series Icon of French Cinema
Tuesday 8th November 2022
Liz Kingsman is making her second French television comedy, joining the cast of Icon Of French Cinema.