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30 funniest jokes and one-liners from the 2019 Fringe

Thousands of comedians gather in Edinburgh every August to tickle the ribs of crowds at the world's largest arts festival. We asked them for the very best lines from their 2019 Fringe shows.

The best quick-fire jokes

Balham Comedy Festival announces 2019 Line-Up

The annual Balham Comedy Festival has announced the first raft of guests for the festival which runs from 5 - 13 July at The Bedford in south London.

Who could be the new host of The News Quiz?

A look at some of the likely candidates to replace Miles Jupp.

Review: Genius 2.0 at Soho Theatre

At 53, Simon Evans isn't so different from circuit comedians half his age -- a rhetorical stream of invective squirted squarely at current events, with the exception that he speaks entirely in well-honed sentences, not an er, ah or um in sight

... And those polished sentences. Subjunctives and everything. Masterly.

Review - Simon Evans: Genius

This is a stand-up show that unashamedly celebrates intellegence should be rejoiced for it.

Simon Evans car stolen as he ice skated in Brighton

Simon Evans attended the Royal Pavilion Ice Rink in Brighton with his son Edward on Sunday evening. But moments after laying his coat at the side, a pair of thieves appeared to grab it and left. Concerned, he returned to his car but found that too had been stolen, leading him to fear the thieves had followed him in the hope of taking his 2011 silver Mercedes S350.

Simon Evans: Genius, on tour

All men are not created equal, that's Simon Evans's argument, nor should we pretend they are.

Interview: Simon Evans

A favourite from television work and on the radio, a patron of the Brighton Open Air Theatre, and a Hove resident - comedian and writer Simon Evans speaks to Brian Donaldson ahead of touring his new show 'Genius'.

Simon Evans: The problem with 'woke' comedy

Simon Evans on how sanctimony is dulling our sense of humour.