Alternatives to prison are vital for convicts and their families Abolishing custodial sentences of less than two years would protect some of the country’s most vulnerable children The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2025
An information dark age is upon us. I’m logging off As Musk, Zuckerberg and Bezos attempt to reshape our reality, my advice is to avoid their toxic platforms and wait it out The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2025
If 2025 is anything like 2024, I’ll be back on the Baileys With environmental protesters in UK jails while convicted rioters sing the US national anthem for Mar-a-Largo guests, I’m bracing myself for another 12 months of despair The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2025
Farage, Musk and Candy say ‘cheese’ – now British democracy’s toast Last week’s photo op with the Reform leader and X owner was further evidence of the UK’s inevitable march towards the far right. Merry Christmas! The Guardian - UK · Dec 22, 2024
Flat-cap Clarkson only wants his nose in the trough The broadcaster thinks if he fires up his farming fanbase they can shield him from his obligation to contribute his fair share to society The Guardian - UK · Nov 24, 2024
If I were Captain America, I’d quit Progressive postwar culture in the US – rock’n’roll, cinema and comic-book characters – no longer makes sense in a Trumpian world The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2024
The week in audio: The Lucan Obsession; Halloween: Trilogy of Terror; Extrasensory – review Fifty years on, the missing aristo and his wife continue to fascinate; Danny Robins and Stewart Lee get into the Halloween spirit; and an eerie English tale with Will Sharpe The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2024
Sick of overpriced gig tickets? Here’s the Cure Robert Smith, defiant leader of the post-punk stalwarts, has shown that secondary markets can be bypassed, enabling ordinary people to benefit from culture The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2024
October's An Evening With Jakko Jakszyk to be hosted by comedian Stewart Lee An Evening With Jakko Jakszyk takes place at West Hampstead Arts Club on October 11 Louder · Sep 19, 2024
Omid Djalili: ‘You can’t wash blood away with more blood’ As the actor and comedian returns for a fiery new stand-up tour, he tells Helen Coffey about the best moment of his life (involving Brad Pitt and Robert Redford), how he learnt to channel rage into humour, and why he’s now entering his fabulous second act The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2024
“Iggy Pop told me he got a speeding ticket while pumping out the demo!” Asian Dub Foundation's Steve Chandrasonic on his band's collaborations with Iggy Pop, Sinéad O’Connor, Public Enemy's Chuck D, Stewart Lee, Primal Scream and more Asian Dub Foundation guitarist Steve 'Chandrasonic' Savale gives Louder an exclusive track-by-track guide to 94-Now: Collaborations, a new album celebrating ADF's 30th anniversary Louder · Aug 29, 2024
Why can’t incredibly successful entertainers like Ricky Gervais ever take criticism? As the comedian and writer seemingly reacts to an old Stewart Lee takedown by showing off his streaming numbers, Roisin O’Connor wonders why he’s so desperate to prove his worth The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2024
Ricky Gervais shares After Life milestone after Stewart Lee criticism resurfaces Lee famously called the show ‘one of the worst things ever made by a human’ The Independent UK · Aug 24, 2024
The end is nigh. For insects, bats, protest, the planet… Our response to global heating and the decimation of animal species is to marginalise the Green party and lock up protesters The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2024 The week in TV: Those About to Die; Lady in the Lake; The Jetty; Simone Biles Rising – review Anthony Hopkins fights for his life in a Game of Thrones-lite ancient Rome; Natalie Portman is a small-screen natural; a great twist lifts a clunking crime drama; and from trauma to domestic bliss with the star gymnast
The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2024 The Tory gravy train’s left town – but it’s got all my best gags on board The Conservatives were a joke that just kept giving but where do the next four years of funny come from?
Louder · Jul 13, 2024 “I thought, if I can disguise seeing bands as work then that’ll be handy”: Stewart Lee on curating a stage at Brighton’s Psych Fest and his forthcoming new show The comedian has hand-picked some of his favourite psych groups to play at Brighton’s Komedia
TechRadar · Jun 20, 2024 Pro comedians tried using ChatGPT and Google Gemini to write their jokes – these were the hilariously unfunny results A new Google DeepMind study followed a number of pro comedians who tried to use AI to write jokes –with mixed results.
Louder · Jun 4, 2024 “A mind-melting day out of acid-hued action from five of my favourite acts.” Comedian Stewart Lee is curating his own stage at the first-ever Brighton Psych Fest, with five hand-picked artists Comic genius Stewart Lee selects five avant-garde acts to play his stage at the inaugural Brighton Psych Fest
The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2024 We must learn the lessons of Covid before another deadly disease strikes Why has so little been done to make indoor spaces safer, to stop the spread of airborne viruses?
The Guardian - UK · Apr 14, 2024 My ID card makes life so much easier Living in Belgium, identity cards are part of everyday living. What’s the problem, Britain?
The Guardian - AU · Feb 21, 2024 Afternoon Update: Woolworths shares plunge; NZ MP dies after charity run; and AstraZeneca boss’s $33m paycheque Supermarket giant’s CEO resigns unexpectedly amid increasing political pressure over record profits during cost-of-living crisis
The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024 ‘The worst film ever made’: how Sex Lives of the Potato Men broke British cinema When the puerile comedy bombed, the film-makers blamed the critics and the Tories blamed the UK Film Council. Twenty years on, we reassess the legacy of a cinematic pariah whose champions include Stewart Lee and Mike Leigh
The Guardian - UK · Jan 7, 2024 Where did all the government’s wine go? Expect another vintage Tory evasion Is the delay in publishing wine cellar stocks because more bottles disappeared during the pandemic than there were dignitaries that came to drink them?
The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2023 At £38,700 for a foreign-born spouse, how many could the Tories afford? James Cleverly’s new anti-immigration policy, the latest desperate act of a desperate government, means 75% of the population need to be careful who they fall in love with