Jay Richardson
- Journalist
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Andrew Maxwell takes on Scottish independence
'Nationalism is folly, it always ends in violence... Borders and flags are just false nonsense'
Jay Richardson, The List, 28th July 2014Sara Pascoe comes into her own at the Edinburgh Fringe
Something is troubling Sara Pascoe. An increasingly familiar face on television after guest-starring in acclaimed satires The Thick Of It and Twenty Twelve and stand-up showcases at Live At the Apollo and Stand Up For The Week, she now finds herself on the panel carousel of programmes like QI and Mock The Week. The niggle is that she benefited from positive discrimination on the latter two. Ever since the BBC's "one female comic per panel show" directive went public, women have risked looking like token bookings.
Jay Richardson, The Herald, 26th July 2014Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 interview: Ivo Graham
The Old Etonian tackles his public schooling and having 'a genuine relationship with issues'
Jay Richardson, The List, 25th July 2014John Robins: "We're not rockstars, we're dweebs"
Content, successful, cool - a standup should be none of these things, says John Robins. Here he casts a matter-of-fact eye on comedy, happiness and love.
Jay Richardson, Fest Mag, 25th July 2014Wizards of Oz
"Traditionally, we're not looked at as innovators at all," says Australian Sam Simmons. But with a rich history of Antipodeans migrating to the Fringe, it seems an increasingly difficult viewpoint to sustain.
Jay Richardson, Fest Mag, 25th July 2014From the harp
Otherworldly comedy singer-songwriter Ursula Burns may seem like she's fallen from the sky. But her art is rooted more firmly in reality than you might think.
Jay Richardson, Fest Mag, 25th July 2014Edinburgh Fringe 2014 interview: Yacine Belhousse
'My major inspiration comes from Monty Python. And of course, Eddie Izzard as far as stand-up is concerned'
Jay Richardson, The List, 22nd July 2014Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 interview: Igor Meerson
'If you say "My wife left me because I drank all her perfume" in Russia, no one will know that you are joking'
Jay Richardson, The List, 22nd July 2014Edinburgh Fringe 2014 interview: Tobias Persson
'I'll be discussing life, death, money, love, marriage. Though I might have the inevitable knob gag'
Jay Richardson, The List, 22nd July 2014Interview: comedian Josh Ladgrove
The Aussie satirist is bringing his blasphemous show to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014.
Jay Richardson, The List, 22nd July 2014