John Fleming (I)
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Interview: Andrew Doyle on freedom of speech
Andrew Doyle and I met in London just after he had come back from Scotland, where he had filmed a half hour TV documentary about a man who had been prosecuted and found guilty of training a pug dog to give a Nazi salute. The man - calling himself 'Count Dankula' - then posted a video of the dog on YouTube; he said he had done it as a joke for his girlfriend. Probably all my blogs should come with the warning that I do not necessarily agree with all the interviewee's opinion. And, equally, I do not necessarily disagree with all of them. Make of that what you will. Just saying...
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 6th August 2018Becky Fury profile
Last year's Edinburgh Fringe saw the last Malcolm Hardee Comedy Awards, but it is good to see former winners upholding Malcolm's penchant for creative inexactitude. There is an admirable piece of not-altogether incorrect publicity on display in Edinburgh courtesy of Malcolm Hardee Award winner Becky Fury...
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 4th August 2018Ariane Sherine interview
This Saturday, she is headlining the annual (free) One Life Humanist Choir concert at what she calls "the fabulous heathen palace" of Conway Hall - more correctly the Ethical Society's London HQ.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 12th July 2018Interview: Comic poet Steve From Up North
Steve Taylor - aka 'Steve From Up North' - was last mentioned in this blog in October 2011. I think he was given his geographical nickname by the late comic Malcolm Hardee. In fact, Steve is from the North West of England.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 8th July 2018John Dowie interview
John Dowie on Bowie, Bolan, bicycles, drinking, drugs, poetry, prose and book.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 3rd July 2018Interview: Maggy Whitehouse, part two
Yesterday's blog was a chat with Maggy Whitehouse, stand-up comedian and freelance vicar/priest. It was intended to be about her comedy, but strayed into religion... Here it continues...
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 30th June 2018Interview: Maggy Whitehouse
Maggy Whitehouse bills herself as a "Maverick priest, comedian and author who believes in an All-Inclusive Loving Beingness that also kicks ass."
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 29th June 2018Why's Akin Omobitan started a blog called It Dies Here?
Akin Omobitan interview.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 21st June 2018Why BGT finalist Robert White has such wide appeal
It seemed the right time to ask him why he seems to have such a wide appeal.
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 2nd June 2018Lynn Ruth Miller interview
Last week, I had a chat with 84-year-old, London-based, American comedian Lynn Ruth Miller - the thinking senior citizen's crumpet - whose upcoming schedule of gigs includes Prague, Dublin, Berlin, Paris, various cities in the US, Manila, Jakarta, Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Hanoi, Bangkok and, she says, "probably somewhere in Cambodia".
John Fleming, John Fleming's Blog, 1st May 2018