Stewart Lee
The anti-hibernation culture guide: something to enjoy for every day in January
You can spend the next few weeks under the duvet and in front of the telly, or enjoy world-class art, theatre, music, film and standup – here’s an event for each of the next 31 days
Rachel Aroesti, Catherine Bray, Andrew Clements, John Fordham, Miriam Gillinson, Jonathan Jones and Lyndsey Winship
31, Dec, 2022 @11:55 AM
Stewart Lee review – underpowered show still stronger than most
Less richly structured than his best work, this looser-limbed evening has given the comic wing-spreading room to experiment
Brian Logan
28, Sep, 2022 @1:23 PM
‘We need an intervention’: five ways to fix the Edinburgh festival fringe
Too pricy, too elitist, just too big? After the criticisms of this year’s event, a panel of festival regulars consider the way forward for Edinburgh’s summer spectacular
Rachael Healy
22, Sep, 2022 @10:34 AM
The Great British Bake Off review – the beautiful sight of Britain healing itself through cake
The 13th series of Bake Off is here to lift the nation, and it’s a delightfully diverse journey – from cake versions of Pakistani homes to baked odes to Malaysian childhoods
Stuart Jeffries
13, Sep, 2022 @8:30 PM
‘My life would be very different without the Fall’: Stewart Lee’s honest playlist
The comedian is still inspired by Mark E Smith but has finally fallen out of love with Morrissey. But whose sandwiches did he once steal?
As told to Rich Pelley
05, Sep, 2022 @6:00 AM
Edinburgh festival 2022: 50 shows to see
Phil Wang makes a heroic return, Ian McKellen stars in a balletic Hamlet and Sophie Duker is gleefully carefree. Here are our picks of the festival’s comedy, theatre and dance
Brian Logan, Mark Fisher and Lyndsey Winship
06, Jul, 2022 @6:45 AM
Dorries slips the leash to clear up the Big Dog’s mess | Stewart Lee
The loose-cannon culture secretary said the quiet bits out loud in a week of Conservative pantomime
Stewart Lee
12, Jun, 2022 @9:00 AM
Why Brexit Britain is turning purple with shame | Stewart Lee
The government’s catalogue of embarrassments found a perfect symbol last week in a 500-tonne mountain of rotting beetroot
Stewart Lee
17, Apr, 2022 @9:00 AM
Is Nadine Dorries bird-brained or what? | Stewart Lee
A 3ft-tall parrot is a harmless delight that inspires millions and costs the taxpayer nothing, so why would the culture secretary want to destroy it?
Stewart Lee
10, Apr, 2022 @9:00 AM
Rishi Sunak is taking us for mugs. £180 smart mugs | Stewart Lee
The wealth that sustains the chancellor’s fancy coffee cup is in no immediate danger, no matter how long the war in the east continues
Stewart Lee
27, Mar, 2022 @9:00 AM
40 years of Japanese rockers Shonen Knife: ‘Nirvana looked wild – I was so scared!’
With songs about jellybeans and feline transformations, the Osaka band brought joy and fun to a serious punk-rock scene. After decades of cult hits, frontwoman Naoko Yamano explains why she wants to end up the world’s oldest rock star
Daniel Robson
03, Dec, 2021 @8:00 AM
Touched by the hand of Ithell: my fascination with a forgotten surrealist | Stewart Lee
Ithell Colquhoun’s fecund, fleshy paintings were soaked in mysticism. But was she running my life from beyond the grave?
Stewart Lee
11, Oct, 2021 @7:00 AM
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