Chris Harris continues Diary of a Stand Up...
As November came round, it was back to gigging. After a dry-spell in October and September with only MC-ing work to be ha, it was nice to get back into the swing...
Adam Alexander looks at his family traditions at the scariest time of year...
“Why do pumpkins have silly smiles on their faces?”
This is met with blank expressions from the kids and no answer.
So not wishing to waste the perfectly timed...
Chris Harris continues Diary of a Stand Up with a look at his life when not gigging...
The past month has been a bit of a dry patch in the comedy element of my life, with only one gig, albeit...
Helen Blaby reflects on some things she wishes she had asked about when she had the chance...
I really wish I’d paid more attention to things that Mum and Dad told me about their past, and the history of our...
Northampton Bluesman 'Uncle' Eric Whitehouse has seen a few things and heard a few more, these are his stories...
When you live in a place for a long time, amongst people who are also ‘settled’, you hear whispers and stories...
Adam Alexander takes a sideways look at life in his Two Point Four column...
With this month’s topic of Home and Away I was quickly reminded of that once popular early evening soap opera from our antipodean cousins.
In particular the...
Chris Harris shares his Diary of a Stand Up and his mission to bring the funny to Northampton...
Trying to tie together Darwin jokes, playing the ukulele, and the genetic abnormalities that affect the taste of coriander into a one-hour...
The. Best. Stage. Fight. Ever. Period. Maybe that sounds a bit over the top but know this: there is a stage fight in Rules for Living (at the Royal & Derngate, Northampton until the end of the month) that...
Modern culture? Alan Moore agrees with the late Karen Carpenter that It’s Yesterday Once More.
The magnificent American paranoid Phillip K. Dick, while struggling to make sense of his hallucinatory ‘Valis’ experience, reached the conclusion that the Roman Empire “never...
“Not now, Daddy’s busy!” billows from the dark depths under the home desk, while battling with the spaghetti like cables.
“Which one of these is the blasted printer?” Why do children decide the best time to crave your attention when...