Different Times

[wingco]

I wrote a book about British comedy. Published by Faber. Out today.

[Amor de Cosmos]

Woo hoo! I'm in if it's available here.

[caja-dglh]

In Different Times that guy used to write posts on here rather than recycle his Facebook content…

[Jobi1]

Sounds right up my street that, I shall investigate...!

[Johnny Velvet]

Fantastic news!

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Extract here at OTF's favourite bougie broadsheet.

[Satchmo Distel]

That's an awesome piece of writing.

[tee rex]

I certainly look forward to reading it, but have already drafted my scathing review ... "It beggars belief that the contribution of XYZ has been overlooked". Names to be inserted later.

[wingco]

Haha, I'm ahead of you there in the intro - I slag myself off for all the XYZs I should have mentioned!

[Jon]

Hurrah and congratulations, wingco. Looking forward to reading it. Great article too. Are you doing any events or tours of bookshops?

[Rogin the Armchair fan]

"Comedy has never been an agent for radical change". It is a book about the British, and to be fair we don't ever radically change anything, no matter what, but Volodymyr Zelenskyy might like to have a word.

[DCI Harry Batt]

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Gangster Octopus]

No copy in the Waterstones in Glasgow Fort.

[delicatemoth]

Does the book talk about how professional comedians have been completely obsoleted by the internet?

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