I’m a bit hungover today and need to whip myself up into shape to go and talk on Radio 4 in an hour about how poor the festival makes me every year. I’ve never talked on Radio 4 before, not even a little bit but I expect they want people who have coherent and clever […]
Its finally raining today. Oddly its a bit of a relief. We all knew it would happen at some point and now its all over and done with I feel much better. Its a bit more like Edinburgh. Lets hope it stops at that and all the crowds don’t disappear, all the critics get angry […]
Its another sunny sunny day here in Edinburgh. I can’t help but feel confused and suspicious about this. I mean, as much as I love it being all sunny, its really not within Edinburgh’s character to do such a thing. Normally it might eek out a tiny bit of sun before drowning several children in […]
Where is the line between being a racist and merely laughing at someone’s accent. Yesterday I had two incidences of straight face failure both due to accents. One I think was fine. A little girl at Comedy 4 Kids shouted that she was from Scunthorpe in a full on Scunthorpe accent. It was sad with […]
I can’t seem to sleep in anymore. I’m not sure whether time in Spain has done this or if I have suddenly got old. I have noticed previously that old people don’t tend to sleep anywhere near as much as younger people. The older you get the less sleep you need it seems. My nan […]
Its the eve of my first show today. Technically I don’t have to do anything until tomorrow but I’ve already filled the day with bits and bobs to alleviate possible boredom. ‘Boredom?’ you say, ‘surely you should be working on your show?’ you also say. Well, you say a lot and I say, you’re probably […]
I’m up far earlier than I should be. It has transpired that every noise made in our flat can be heard through all walls to a devastatingly loud level. I discovered this both very late last night when, in all attempts to be quiet, I came home at 3am seemingly with a backing track of […]
This blog is coming to you via the free wi-fi on the train to Edinburgh. ‘A train? With wi-fi?’ I hear you cry. Why yes. It does in fact appear that now, ladies and gentlemen, we are in the future. I remember the days when trains were all run by the Fat Controller, and all […]
Back at home. Only for one day and its one day that is filled with things that need to happen before I go to Edinburgh. Some of these things are not as essential as others. For example, packing for Edinburgh and working on my show for a last minute preview tonight are both very essential […]
Its my last day on the Costa Del Sol before flying back to the rain drenched UK where they don’t have beaches or the sea or any of those things. Instead all they have is rain and rain and some more rain. I have had all my allocated sun for the year and European law […]