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Innocent protesters' details collected for police databases

26.10.09
Police are collecting information on thousands of protesters for a series of national intelligence databases, it was revealed ... more

Mark Thomas is a persuasive talker

21.09.09
Can stand-up comedy do politics better than politicians? Mark Thomas certainly thinks so and is generating plenty of giggles while proving it.... more

Hot tickets: London's going out guide

11.09.09
Cedar Walton Quartet comes to Ronnie Scott's, a series of 26 free screening celebrate the life and work of Werner Herzog and check out Mark Thomas on his sell-out show... more

Squatters turn Keen's home into comedy club

06.07.09
Squatters who took over the constituency home of Labour MPs Ann and Alan Keen have turned it into a comedy club... more

Jack Tweed released from jail

29.05.09
Jack Tweed, the widower of reality television star Jade Goody, was today released from prison.... more

L&G may need to suffer fools a little more gladly

24.02.09
RUMOURS circulated the City for months that Legal & General could be in trouble. How much trouble wasn't clear, but the insurer was slow to state its capital position, the dividend looked under threat and the stock-market bears moved in - the shares have been crushed.... more

Light-headed laughs at the N2O Comedy Festival

02.02.09
Battersea Arts Centre offers a headrush of giggles at its annual N2O Comedy Festival.... more

Bush gets last bashing in Bye George

20.01.09
Charity fundraiser Bye George offered some top stand-ups one last chance to air their George Bush material. ... more

MTV tycoon sells games giant

02.12.08
American media tycoon Sumner Redstone has sold his controlling stake in a computer games giant at a loss of around £540 million on years of investment.... more

Lean on me: Jade's ex Jack takes her to Harley Street doctors as she prepares for cancer battle

19.08.08
Jade Goody was comforted by her ex-boyfriend Jack Tweed today as they visited a consultant to discuss options for treatment for her cancer.... more

Union official in racism row over 'wise monkeys'

17.06.08
A union activist was branded a racist for producing a leaflet with an image of the Three Wise Monkeys proverb... more

DVDs of the week

20.11.07
John Travolta squeezes into a fat suit in Hairspray and Mark Thomas relights your political ire in the DVDs of the week.... more

DVDs of the week

16.10.07
This week's top DVDs include the twisted tale Tell No One, Spiderman 3, a Daft Punk collection entitled Electroma and US comic Joe Rogan performing stand-up.... more

Comics answer the call to arms

24.09.07
Satirist Mark Thomas assembled a formidable supporting cast for a charity fundraising event at the Carling Apollo.... more

Critic's Choice: Top 5 Comedy

20.09.07
There's top class laughs this week, including Al Murray, Rhona Cameron, Jason Byrne and Russel Brand to name a few.... more

Iranian jokes are hostage to fortune

18.07.07
Omid Djalili wowed the crowd with some edgy humour light years away from Little Britain's fancy dress frivolity at the Comedy Hayday in Hackney.... more

Critic's choice: top five comedy shows

05.07.07
There's a comedy adventure at the Museum of London, a plethora of Edinburgh Festival previews, Sean Lock and Mark Thomas all trying to make you laugh in the capital this weekend.... more

A literal feast for all

03.07.07
Featuring prize-winning authors, historians, poets and performers, the London Literature Festival has something to offer all lovers of the written and spoken word.... more

Critic's choice: top five comedy

07.06.07
Mark Thomas is at the Tricycle, Richard Herring, Stewart Lee and Al Murray all line-up at the Lyric Hammersmith, and Daniel Kitson kicks off the Sunday season of al fresco gigs this weekend.... more

A man who doth not protest too much

05.06.07
Serial satirist Mark Thomas rattles off anecdotes with the acuity of a seasoned cabbie reciting the Knowledge, says Bruce Dessau.... more

Critic's choice: comedy

23.05.07
Gallows Humour, a benefit for human rights group Reprieve, features Bill Bailey, Mark Thomas, Mark Steel, Kevin Eldon and Simon Munnery. ... more

Southbank hosts first festival of literature

17.05.07
Blake Morrison, Mark Thomas, Armando Iannucci and John Hegley have joined the line-up for the first London Literature Festival at the revamped Southbank Centre.... more

Critic's choice: top comedy shows

29.03.07
Frenetic sketches from Laurence & Gus, Nick Doody putting the boot in on organised religion, and magic tricks from Ross Noble look-a-like Pete Firman are all among Bruce Dessau's comedy picks.... more

Dressed to thrill

28.03.07
Listing ex-lovers, proposing Kylie For Pope and singing about Dick Cheney's wife locking eyes with Saddam, Taylor Mac has the gay, cross-dressing, ukelele-strumming satirist's market cornered.... more

Critic's choice: top comedy shows

22.03.07
This weekend's comedy highlights include Jo Brand, Stewart Lee and Mark Thomas raising money in aid of democracy for Burma, and DJ Danny nailing the ludicrous jargon of dance music.... more

Ricky - smug but still scintillating

22.01.07
Russell Brand, Noel Fielding and Mark Thomas all pulled out at the last minute, but Ricky Gervais and some last minute stand-ins ensured the night was still a success. ... more

Critics choice: Top five comedy shows

18.01.07
From mankind hater Mark Watson to Russell Brand and Ricky Gervais, Bruce Dessau picks his comedy highlights.... more

Critic's choice: top 5 comedy shows

30.11.06
Andrew Lawrence delivers some sick jokes, Welsh wag Rhod Gilbert takes to the water and Mark Thomas presents extra date for his hit show.... more

Arms and the funny man

07.09.06
Mark Thomas's show at the Soho Theatre offers enlightenment and lashings of lacerating wit, says Bruce Dessau, but despite the politics, never gets too dry.... more

Gunning for the bad guys

05.09.06
Cheeky comic activist Mark Thomas delves into the murky world of arms trading in this preview of his forthcoming British tour.... more

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