At the start of 2021 Richard Herring was diagnosed with testicular cancer. For a man whose output includes a stand up tour titled Talking Cock and who regularly interrogates our attitudes towards masculinity, it was a diagnosis that came with additional layers of complexity.
Mixing Rich's personal story alongside what...
The perfect boredom-busting book for long winter evenings with the family, Richard Herring's Would You Rather? is packed with hundreds of the biggest questions to face us all, including:
Would you rather have a conversation with a dolphin or an elephant?
Would you rather fall in love or fall into a...
For almost a decade, Richard Herring has been answering sexist trolls on International Women's Day when they ask 'when is International Men's Day?' in the mistaken belief there isn't one.
If only the trolls had learned to use Google they'd realise that there is an International Men's Day - it's...
"I only regret the people I didn't have sex with... And 60% of the people I did have sex with." - Richard Herring
'The Podfather' and star of Radio 4's Relativity, Richard Herring gets to the half century (against all odds) and looks at how his life has changed in...
If you had to wear somebody's guts for garters - if you had to - who would you disembowel in order to facilitate your socks staying up?
What do you consider your median achievement?
Would you rather have pubic hair made of unremovable barbed wire or to be attacked by...
Would you prefer to have eyes that were literally mince pies (and thus be blind) or feet made of Quality Street (but only the horrible green ones)?
Does Santa's sleigh come fitted with a toilet? Or does he just wee in his pants or down people's chimneys?
How do you...
From Paris to Prague, from the past to the present, authors and artists say farewell in this unique collection.
In these pages you'll find personal letters, reminiscences, poetry, art and brand new fiction from some of the most talented and important voices at work today, including Jessie Burton, Alain de...
[i]Have you ever stamped on a mouse?
Do you remember the Rubik's Snake? Please tell me about all your memories of it.
Who was your favourite member of Blazin' Squad? (mine was Plat'num)
Did you ever consider a career in dentistry? (do not ask this to a dentist. It would...
After years of drifting aimlessly and alone, Richard Herring is now settled down with a wife and a tiny baby. Is he finally happy now? Or does responsibility for the lives of others come with its own terrors?
In his twelfth solo stand-up show, Richard examines whether we can ever...
After covering weighty issues like death, love, religion and spam javelins, 'The King of Edinburgh' (6 Music) is in a frivolous mood with this show about daftness, whether the term cool comedian is an oxymoron, bouncing joyously on the sofa and how Herring's whole career is a failed attempt to...
