Daniel Sloss is very funny. And he's only 20. He got his big comedy break, he tells Bruce Dessau, when controversial stand-up Frankie Boyle took him on as an intern... more
When a colleague and friend asked me to dinner recently she added that before I gave an answer I should know that she lived in north London. I'd already guessed that... more
Not really a gig, more an endurance test. This might sound curmudgeonly but last night's starry mirthathon for Great Ormond Street Hospital featuring 21 comedians pushed tolerance levels to the max... more
Argentinian Nacho Figueras is the polo world's poster boy. He's been voted the second sexiest man in the world and is the face of Ralph Lauren. Now he is using his considerable talents to bring polo to a wider audience... more
Comedian Rufus Hound walked away with the Let's Dance For Sport Relief title after performing an entertaining spoof of Cheryl Cole's Fight For This Love.... more
On the mantelpiece at the home of Rachel Johnson, editor of The Lady, is a childhood photograph of herself and her three small brothers racing across a lawn. In the blur of untamed blonde hair and elbows you can see Boris is in the lead. ... more
The London Restaurant Awards paid tribute last night to the Evening Standard for creating an award for restaurants which offer good meals at a low price... more
Last Night at the Red Rose trod a gloriously chaotic line between sentimentality and anarchy, bringing the curtain down on the Finsbury Park club after two decades.... more
One of London's oldest and most respected comedy clubs, where some of the country's best comedians cut their teeth, is to shut down after 20 years.... more
Crumpled comedy legend Arthur Smith effortlessly brought smiles to a Hackney Empire crowd. Bruce Dessau just wished the aging slacker had spent more time onstage.... more
As comedians go, Andy Parsons is about as bankable as they come and his new show proves he is also a fully paid-up pupil of the Grumpy Old Men Comedy School.... more
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